Yes, there needs to be an awakening, and a protest, by the people. This is happening in Australia, and the government here is back-tracking fast.
I have not seen any sign of protest from the US, but this could simply be the US government preventing that information getting out. There has been a lot of censorship of information coming from the US lately, even more so than China. All we see here, from the US, is silly celebrity nonsense, no real news.
Is there much protest going on over there, in regards to the assault on freedoms and rights?