Sure we can pull off another SOPA blackout, but I don't think we can do it consistently. They'll keep proposing harmful laws and we can't stop them all.
On somewhat related note, a probable idea of how such infrastructure could be misused is [1], I couldn't believe it when I saw that history was changed quite simply.
[1] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/16/north-korea-era...
There are asymmetric levels of incentive here. Organizing large-scale political action against everyone in the first world who infringes on people's internet privacy rights is simply unsustainable.
You can't fight a problem that's essentially systemic by finding and painstakingly stamping out every instance of it happening. A systemic problem needs a systemic solution.
When choosing from the ten or so candidates available we have to consider a broad spectrum of issues; who will manage the health service the best, who will be best for the economy etc. Whilst internet censorship is an important element, it's by no means the primary consideration even for us that work in the industry, let alone the wider electorate.
What laws? Most people seem to be so horrendously misinformed it's a wonder they have the audacity to make such wide reaching claims.
2. The "friends" of the legislators who will actually implement these on government contract stand to gain massively.