If we let the most people choose some representatives and we let them make rules that apply to most people, then things will stay pretty well organized and acceptable. Society is increasingly divided into special interest groups. There is a large number of minorities, rather than one majority. 2nd Wave politicians try to undo the change and turn the clock back. If we can just all have good, decent family values and we can protect the production facilities of the country, and we spend more money on education, then everything will be alright.
Mass media are increasingly unable to show what is really going on.
They will mostly give the 2nd wave story, showing us what the centralized power figures are doing and saying. But that is no longer what matters the most. It is no longer possible to uphold the illusion of political parties having clear agendas you can count on. The divisions between political parties, what is left and right and so forth no longer make much sense. We can no longer classify things in the usual simplistic ways.