I do think they care but you hit on a point. Governments just keep trying to force this and eventually wear down the resistance to it. They can try repeatedly as it only has to work once.
Governments should probably adopt some sort of "retry" limit for these things. Good luck getting that passed though I suppose.
Imagine if women's suffrage failed 5 times, and hey, guess we'll never get it, 5 times is the limit.