In an healthy society and educated nation. There is no need for the people to reject the "nonsense" of the gov since the gov will most likely be more positive than it is negative.
And thus, saying that they force social discourse in this context is like saying that healthy government will simply do bad reforms to divide when it's actually the opposite.
Under an healthy governement, you get social rights, your get working rights, you gets better education and health systems, better scientific fundings, less securitary fundings, an healthy acceptance of immigration, better international projects, less tension, better wages, better wealth distribution etc.
Under an healthy society, gov do not seek to divide, they strive toward peace. It's only when rightists or authoritarian take the power that things start to go wrong.
You are once again trying to confuse people with a false reality here.
It's liberals and conservative who want those divisions or strive to attack people's rights. And when they are in power, there is no such thing as an healthy society, even when they are progressive.