It's nice to have big balls.
It's nice to be not a scared coward.
But you are describing the 1% alphas in every society not the 99% herd followers.
I don't think it is smart to sacrifice 99% of the people because you think they are dumb.
Yes they may be dumb for not doing everything they could to protect their sovereignty, but as a good leader you protect your friends, family and community (after protecting yourself) and not letting them run into their inevitable demise or expose your strongest allies to weak defense..
That's why real Bitcoin OGs are into Monero.