Democracy isn't that great if the people vote for politicians who implement bad laws. What I'm afraid of is that the majority of Europeans actually think this law is good.
Anecdotally, I don't know anyone personally who thinks this is a good thing.
I do however know many that are in great approval of GDPR (as I am).
Anecdotally, I don't know anyone personally who's actually paid any amount of attention to the details of this.