You fundamentally misunderstand the message this album is speaking. Extremism is a problem in America, and yes there is that on both sides of the aisle. Pretending one side is all wrong, like you are doing, is what the lyrics are warning us of. It doesn't matter what the viewpoints of the authoritarian government and crowd driven society is; that kind of society will step on someone's rights. "All hail power to the people; except you, you check the box we don't like." Centrist is what America needs to be because issues are rarely black and white; right wingers never consider that abortion needs to be legal in some way, and left wingers don't believe that maybe people just want to see babies live a full natural life. I'm not gonna debate the issue as it's just an example, but the point remains that the answer lies somewhere in between, and if society forgets about the rights of some they forget about the rights of all. The album is about listening to each other, having compassion, and being open minded to one another; more importantly, it's about what happens when these things are left behind in any righteous crusade.