Great Movie, nice follow-up to the first one.
Also, makes a valid point, people really are willing to give up their freedom for security. But I think it was Ben Franklin that said that those that do that shall not recieve, nor do they deserve either.
I got a couple spoilers on the plot from watching Marvel's Agents of SHEILD.
Had Hydra been successful though, they were looking at humanity through too simplistic a view. They might have taken control, but they never would be able to HOLD control, not forever.