That’s quite an optimistic view. I can’t really see the PTB giving up their position without quite a fight. Who knows … the Soviet Union did fall like a rotten apple.
Not wanting my government to spy on me is a matter of principal. I’ve done nothing that needs to be hidden but that doesn’t matter. Allowing the gov to spy on you is the first step towards a police state.
Would you be upset if they opened your snailmail letters and then sent them on. AFAIC it is the same thing.