The outcome is *exactly* as anyone with a modicum of sense expected.

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"—often paraphrased (sensibly!) as "deserve neither and *will lose both*." As you say: we've lost both—who could have predicted that? Yeah; well.

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin

There's nothing really novel about the instant situation. It's a classic, on repeat.