You don’t want to be wacked off to only run Monero nodes over VPN or TOR, but it is our fallback.
They couldn’t stop torrents. They couldn’t stop MP3’s.
They won’t stop Monero, unless the people bend the knee. You bend the knee when you don’t have the cajones to run a Monero node.
Who’s ready to risk a little for freedom?
Communists always proclaim ridiculous dictates in hopes sheep will just comply because they know enforcement is impossible.