When stuck in a straight-jacket, then there isn't all that much political freedom. Instead of blaming the small group because that has gone out of fashion, we have to blame the single other group in the room, right?
When there is no political freedom beyond good cop-bad cop, then the talk inside the room is not going to be correct and true at the same time.
It is time to grow our backward democracies into the real thing. Red and blue? Better start voting yellow, green or orange to get that two-colored monkey off our backs.