I think this is absolutely a real phenomenon. I've even witnessed liberals starting to make jokes about the Epstein case itself because they seem to be convince

I think this is absolutely a real phenomenon. I've even witnessed liberals starting to make jokes about the Epstein case itself because they seem to be convinced that the idea it's anything more than one lone guy is crazy simply by association with QAnon. Jasun Horsley refers to QAnon and things like it as "conspiratainment" or "the second Matrix": essentially, since some people will unavoidably begin to perceive that the consensus reality is not what it seems to be, you set them up to enter a second one which is as much a hall of mirrors as the first. It's discussed a bit starting at 29:15 here: https://youtu.be/kpAbgKcG7mo?t=1755 https://youtu.be/kpAbgKcG7mo?t=1755