They wanted the same for encryption (Pretty Good Privacy) at one point. That didn't go well (free speech exemptions). So they backdoored microprocessors and bugged Operating systems, SSL/TLS, etc.
Criminalisation of speech, association, communication (of value) would mean that the very nature of the country has overtly gone rogue. Leaving may be a smart idea. Of course the interwebs will route around it, but that still would be a scary day.