Counterpoint: es macht einen Unterschied ob es solche Regelungen nie gab, also das Leben immer genauso schlimm war, oder ob solche Regelungen abgeschafft werden, also es den Menschen klar ist dass es schlimmer werden wird.

Weak argument. A revolution is invisible until it happens. You are only happy if it will have happened. So therefore you currently dismiss anything that people do since it was not enough.

However, if you --such as so many other people-- have no interest in helping people there get the means to do something, of course if will be harder.

Don’t you remember the repressions against anyone opposed to the war? Showing a blank piece of paper got you thrown into prison. What do you expect a normal person to do?

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/russia-demonstrator-blank-sign-protest_uk_622f1769e4b02961583dd743