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>Are they gullible or pragmatic?

Gullible. Pragmatic would be a person who doesn't worry about completely made up things - not the case.

>these laws hardly affect the average Joe so why should he care

That's where I completely disagree and I encourage you to read more about how this is an overreach. I won't link anything specific to prevent nitpicking but googling "chat control summary" should bring some ideas at least.

>There is some wisdom in not worring about future hypotheticals until they actually happen

Well this isn't a hypothetical, it's another step towards overreach and should be at least exposed. It's literally the boiling frog apologue [1]. When it actually happens we may already be burned alive - metaphorically speaking, hopefully - and there won't be much else left to do.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog

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> Pragmatic would be a person who doesn't worry about completely made up things - not the case.

They are completely made up things though. As an example: Climate change is not made up since it is affecting us now. Assuming what a future government might do is purely hypothetical though. I could draw a hypothetical that these laws will create world peace and stop nuclear war with the same amount of authority. Both are possible.