I think you underestimate the lengths to which people will go to protect their status & power. The US govt can't exist anywhere near its current size in a sound monetary environment. Many of these people have convinced themselves that the world would stop turning if not for their special position that makes everything good & all of society possible. Many govt officials will believe, with great certainty, that Bitcoin is destroying the world. And in a sense it is. THEIR whole world is a fraud & Bitcoin will tear that down.

Whether a person is religious or not, the moral of the Jesus story is one that should be remembered. Men clinging to status & power will kill God. They'll torture the innocent, destroy the truth, & plunge the whole world into darkness before voluntarily giving up their authority.