I don't think I've personally seen "cope" used in contexts like these, but I'm sure fascists are warping language like they usually do and I just don't keep up with them. When I see it people usually seem to mean "you are in denial about problem X and are making up fantasies to avoid confronting it", not "you are aware of problem X and don't want to think about it literally 24/7 so you do something to cheer yourself up instead". I would say antivaxxers are definitely coping, as are libs who say that covid is over now.
I don't think I've personally seen "cope" used in contexts like these, but I'm sure fascists are warping language like they usually do and I just don't keep up with them. When I see it people usually seem to mean "you are in denial about problem X and are making up fantasies to avoid confronting it", not "you are aware of problem X and don't want to think about it literally 24/7 so you do something to cheer yourself up instead". I would say antivaxxers are definitely coping, as are libs who say that covid is over now.