I've noticed that some people have a certain color blindness when it comes to these security/privacy issues. They just don't see them or "get" them. No amount of increased government intrusion would affect them unless it happens to them very personally and viscerally.

Even after a dramatic event, it's unlikely that they'll realize that they willingly walked all the steps to get to the point where they were suddenly and massively violated by the State. They'll look to blame other factors that they weren't responsible for supporting.

Such is psychology.