In some cases, so many people happen to be in a particular country that doesn't accept Bitcoin, but they have knowledge of Bitcoin. Some people end up believing what the government have said about Bitcoin, but still with their knowledge, out of fear, they just quit investing and watching others invest. The government can't control Bitcoin, so I still don't think that the same government can control Bitcoin investors.
Going against your government remains a bit of a dilemma because no one wants to lose their life, liberty and/or property, and governments will frequently have differing views in regards to rights that are retained by citizens, whether we consider those as fundamental human rights or if we believe that such rights are derived from some kind of an authority..
You are apparently right, as I have heard of some cases whereby the government and their officials have to do some illegal things just to make sure that their secret don't get exposed to others. Some of the reasons why most people find it difficult to act on their right is because they might not have the money to go further if any incident should occur, so, I can say that it is very hard for someone to compete with the government because they have it all, they have the money, and they still have the power to control somethings.
The real truth is that, the government doesn't fear any of their citizens, but they still do their things in secret ways for people not to know.
All governments and all government officials are not the same, and different jurisdictions give differing kinds of authorities to government officials... some are abusive of their authorities and some are not, and some of my criticisms are not so focused on various kinds of local corruption or local abuse of power, which may or may not be as systematic as you are making it out to be. Of course, in bitcoin we frequently focus on the abuse of power that comes with having control over money, printing money and then systems that try to control ways that citizens can attempt o protect their value, including being able to buy, store and/or use bitcoin.
It is hard to blame normal people for sometimes not understanding their rights or feeling enough courage to put systems into place in order to protect themselves and/or to even look after themselves.. and surely sometimes, many people who are even more than willing to go along with the dictates of their governments will sometimes just get pushed too far and they will feel needs to revolt in one way or another.
Although, it is not a 100% good idea to go against the government, but sometimes, if we know something that's going to help us and others and the government is refusing to allow the citizens to take good advantage of it, then I think people should look for a way to gain access to those things, just like the way Bitcoin is today that some government doesn't accept it and still keep a law for the Central Banks not to allow transaction with cryptocurrencies, so in these cases I do say everyone should figure one way or the other to get Bitcoin.
Sometimes, we don't have to disobey the government in a very bad way. That's why if we want to do something that the government forbade, we should also apply wisdom to do it, so that there will be no harm. The reason I said what I said was because even the government are not always right in their own ways. I wish they were always right. They wouldn't have banned or think that Bitcoin is a big threat to them.
I cannot disagree with any of this.
I am surely not anti-government, but there are a lot of times in which governments go too far in terms of exercising their power, and that going too far likely takes place in all countries, but just in differing ways and having impacts on differing groups of people, depending on the various in-place systems (infrastructure), culture and/or history of the country
Yes, I totally understand the whole conception about all the things that you are saying, and they are true. The government can go too far to the extent of taking a life just to make sure that they get what they want, let me bring the cases of
JULLIAN ASSANGE, the US government went too far on that case, even as the citizens were protesting for the release of Jillian Assange but still, the government refused.
We still probably should attempt to be more specific about which government.. which is likely the US governments and other governments going along with it.. so I doubt that it is very helpful to speak generally about the government without attempting to specify which parts were unjust.
