Pieter Wuille's philosophy, as admitted by himself in comments made years ago, is that if users want to use Bitcoin as a storage, they will ultimately find a way to do so, and therefore it is foolish to put obstacles in their way.

Well then, if users/governments decide to destroy Bitcoin, they will find ways to do so, so let's not stand in their way.

That's not the mindset of a warrior, much less Satoshi's.