And, sadly, we are getting dumber and easier to manipulate.
Grassroot movements with legitimate concerns are infiltrated and destroyed. Elite made "grassroot" movements are allowed to do things while it fits the dual narratives.
There is active suppression of talking about safety, housing, jobs, food quality, economic prosperity (of the people not corporations or state!). This is replaced with endless arguments about race, abortion, guns, immigration, religion, scare tactics, and war.
The recent H1-B drama was telling. The elites tripped and exposed their lies. There was a collective "wait a minute" that united antisemites and Jews, right wingers and Bernie Sanders, cats and dogs. And the system got scared like with the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street.
Stay safe. It looks like it's going to get rough either way.