That's nonsense - for thousands of years human civilisations have got on quite well without democracy or human rights. If there was a pressing need for equality and educating the Romans used to say, it would have happened by now.

We can always take the wrong path, and find it hard or impossible to get back.

We may see an end to a single globally compatible internet in our working lives, we may see an end to strong encryption on devices not years old. Any legal action against these ends is surely something to celebrate?