They are more suspicious than you might imagine. But there's a lot of "corrective" feedback on the topic to suppress that viewpoint.
Just as with the masks, Ukraine, and other controversial topics, it's the indifferent, uninformed portion of the laity that enforce the suppression. It gives them an easy way to be "good"--simply by agreeing with what the relevant authority figure wants.
Try telling a football fan the NFL is rigged. (It is, but they can’t accept it.)
They are more suspicious than you might imagine. But there's a lot of "corrective" feedback on the topic to suppress that viewpoint.
Just as with the masks, Ukraine, and other controversial topics, it's the indifferent, uninformed portion of the laity that enforce the suppression. It gives them an easy way to be "good"--simply by agreeing with what the relevant authority figure wants.
The easiest way to tell if a fan is suspicious or not, is if they are drinking a bud light.