I think you are right, it was simpler but they still divided us. Now they have many, many more tools and avenues to reach us and divide us further. It definitely feels like we are more divided. Like you say maybe way back people just accepted what they were told. But now, there are so many distractions and pysops people seemed to think less critically. So many avenues/outlets telling people what and how to think. It's like we've outsourced our thought process and can't be bothered thinking for ourselves anymore.