As I recall imperfectly, there were founding fathers during the US Revolutionary War who put their business on hold, went broke, and started over. Nathan Hale gave it all by poplar accounts. From 21st Century America perspective, looking back, it was worth it.
The above folks are fighting the fight the way they can because they feel they must. If they didn't, likely TSA would have a digit so far inside they'd be scratching our tonsils via our appendix.
You may win. You may lose. You can't choose that, but you can choose to resist.