I suspect the only reason this hasn't happened already is because some very wealthy & connected people are profiting and avoiding taxes with bitcoin. Thus it's

I suspect the only reason this hasn't happened already is because some very wealthy & connected people are profiting and avoiding taxes with bitcoin. Thus it's important that the masses use it too otherwise it'll just be them standing out like a sore thumb. IIRC, they kept trying to make bitcoin illegal in China but for some reason they couldn't. I think it's because of the aforementioned reason.