If there's a force, which is clearly not that of an informed populace, that keeps banging on these kinds of doors and all that it takes is that some idiot opens

If there's a force, which is clearly not that of an informed populace, that keeps banging on these kinds of doors and all that it takes is that some idiot opens it once, you can see how it's a natural response to stop relying on the gatekeepers to protect you in the first place. Revolt or civil disobedience becomes the natural defense mechanism. Also, the comment you replied to is not "giving up on rights", the opposite. He's offering a solution to uphold those rights that doesn't involve bending the knee to those who want to trample on them (regardless of how idiots vote). I will (in)definitely keep communicating E2E encrypted, whatever the law happens to say.