It's not inconceivable (to me at least) that at some point in the future it would be politically or personally beneficial for the leadership of a totalitarian g

It's not inconceivable (to me at least) that at some point in the future it would be politically or personally beneficial for the leadership of a totalitarian government to do something that is economically costly to it's citizens (in this case we're talking about damaging bitcoin, but it could be anything).