I just don't think tin foil hat conspiracy theories explain the sudden downturn/devolution under Biden.
It wasn't the Patriot act that has the leftists glorifying gender transitions and drag queen story hour to our children in school.
And it wasn't the Patriot Act that has far left socialist DA's in Democrat cities releasing even violent offenders without bail, and choosing not to prosecute many obvious crimes (like looting) at all.
To be honest... I think the escapism and delusion associated with these wild conspiracy theories in part provides some cover for the radical leftist/Marxists agenda to grow and spread.
From an outside perspective, the US is exceptionally bipartisan right now. To the point where it is hostile and people are going to die for it.
There is NO doubt that media has played a crucial role in this. Social media is incredibly toxic, and is probably the largest driving factor. Either side will blame CNN or Fox, but people should be looking to social media as the main driving forces behind it.
I've attached 2 screenshots, one from Gab (a social media focused on right wing users and Imgur (a social media that has a large left wing base) and you can see the utter hatred both sides have for each other.
Users of these, and other platforms, are in echo chambers that further compounds their bipartisanship. Both sides see themselves as the heroes, and both sides see the other as evil. And given ANY alternate view is downvoted or deleted, the echo chambers become more violent and more entrenched in their views.
Sure Fox and CNN are a piece of the puzzle, but open your eyes to the media you consume on a daily basis and acknowledge that even you (and I) are subject to propaganda in droves.
Here's the thing: with the Patriot group being arrested for conspiracy to riot just further pushes the left to continue being more vocal and more determined. Just like when the left calls the right insurrectionists, all it did was give the right more determination to push their cause.
It's like picking a scab, the more you do it, the more it festers and the longer it takes to heal. It probably even gets a bit infected. If you had just left it alone it goes away. The agendas lose steam because noone gives a f***.
But people can't just not pick it, and so you create a large problem when it was only small at the beginning