For me, the idea of using bitcoins to pay for wares and services is the similar analogy pulling up a big finger to greedy bankers as they impose an interest on the money loaned from central banks to Governments which is then passed on to you; the hard working people. This is why I use Bitcoins and screw the pound, dollar, euro, etc.
This is the key right here. ^
I know hundreds of non-technical people who haven't even heard of bitcoin but given half a chance to join this ideology would jump at it. It's only a matter of time before getting them on board will be easier.
The main selling point to non-techies is that bitcoin is an alternative to banks. Hopefully as bitcoin becomes more widely adopted it will put pressure on banks to reduce fees and become more competitive. In the end the consumer wins regardless of whether they use btc or not.
That will never happen. This has been going on since the existence of paper money back in the 10th century. Even the founding fathers of the US (Thomas Jefferson) warned that centralised banks are a danger to its freedoms. He said the following:
Thomas Jefferson (3rd US President)
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."
Andrew Jackson (7th US President)
"If congress has the right under the Constitution to issue paper money, it was given them to use themselves, not to be delegated to individuals or corporations. -Andrew Jackson"
His last words were, "I killed the Bank".
When Woodrow Wilson signed the Dec 23rd Federal Reserve Act
Despite these warnings, Woodrow Wilson signed the 1913 Federal Reserve Act. A few years later he wrote:
I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men. -Woodrow Wilson
Others wrote:
“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and money system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.” Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company.
Red shield banker of UK: Look up Jacob Rothschild (France) and Nathan Rothschild (UK) funding the battle of Waterloo.
“Let me issue and control a nation’s money and I care not who writes the laws.” Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812), founder of the House of Rothschild.
History is repeating itself don't you think? We have a responsibility to rise up against this menace or do you think they are too big to fail? We are the masses and we should dictate what we use to exchange value, not the few elites.
