Will the plunge into conspiracy theory paranoia and madness only get worse in 2021?

I hope so... but we are in uncharted territory.

Doubtful. He's the hand of god brought down from the heavens to smite the smiter. To bring order from communist chaos. By that I mean mostly everyone in the GOP are now Trump's handlers with a ever growing list of QAnon associates.

How so? I'm talking about human nature, not conspiracies. People are angry and looking for things (groups, nations, individuals) to be angry at. This is made even more complicated by the fact that there are many genuine problems causing that anger, although the diagnosis of the cause and the prescribed solutions may be wrong in many cases. The conditions happen to be very favorable for extremist types of beliefs of many kinds (all across the spectrum) to appear appealing and take root. The pandemic and technology are helping accelerate a trend that was happening even before the outbreak. Add into the mix economic problems and you've got the trifecta. I don't think, however, that there is some monolithic "Black Hand" out there controlling everything, but I do think many bad actors with their own agendas are trying to take advantage of this atmosphere for their own ends. In other words, the same as it ever was, only much more intense.

You're seeing something that isn't there. His post is spot on.