@revelette3,
Eliminating the influence of people who care about civil liberties (i.e. the voters) would require eliminating democracy.
So in other words, what Buttigieg is saying is that progressives can't violate people's civil liberties for fun unless they get rid of democracy first.
Nice to see a snippet of the true progressive agenda: first get rid of democracy, then get rid of civil liberties.
And who said progressives aren't Stalinists at heart?