If I thought that’s what he meant - or the type of laity he had in mind - I’d be happy. But I don’t think that, unfortunately.
Vatican II was imposed mainly by the power of a tiny group in the Vatican. They crushed priests and bishops right away, because they had direct authority over them.
And while the laypeople seriously objected to many of the changes, particularly to the Mass and the calendar, they were not very unified - blogs and bulletin boards did not exist, and there was little way of communicating, either with the clergy or with other laypeople. But things have changed, and I think the “progressive” forces in the Vatican may be surprised this time around.
Amen.