Before the magic combi covid and trump, at least here no one would say these things out loud, now I have at least one conversation a week, usually with someone fairly normal looking, who, after a while into the conversation, will start saying something about the gov holding things back and then I only have to lean in a little bit to get them to go full chemtrails, flat earth, moon landing hoax, anti vaxx, young earth creationist on me. Usually they are indeed recent converts (few years) and often (most I speak to) had some sort of loneliness mental breakdown during the covid lockdowns.