I don’t think half-measures are always appropriate. Sometimes your back is at the wall. If you’re not back-to-wall yet, fine, but don’t expect the drooling monster to be impressed by your little tap dance.
The time will come when each man must ask himself, have I had enough? And at that time the choice is either full resistance or surrender. Go down fighting, or go down abjectly.
However, if you choose full resistance when enough others do likewise, it’s possible the govt will go down instead.
Therein lies the problem. We have become a nation of squishy wusses.