I have been thinking a lot lately about why the central bankers are allowing Bitcoin to continue with only minor resistance. The central bankers have set up shop in almost all civilized countries and have a money printing racket going on. In America the central bankers are kind enough to let our treasury print the money and then they take 6% off the top thus enslaving the American population. Don't worry though most Americans are completely unaware of any of this. The central bankers control the military as well as they own the government.
The last country, without nuclear weapons, to attempt to bypass the central bankers was Libya. I can still see the vivid video on the internet of Qaddafi being murdered in broad daylight in the middle of the streets of Libya. Another fellow who attempted to not use the US dollar and went against the wishes of the central bank was Saddam Hussein. Once again he met a similar fate. He was hung.
The three countries without central banks right now Iran, North Korea and Syria are under constant attack or threat of attack from the central bankers.
Why would they allow Bitcoin to continue like this and grow momentum? All they would have to do is outlaw it and 90% of the world population would bitch out immediately and stop. But they don't do it.
Is Bitcoin a trap? Is this a central banker monstrosity used to turn us into tax slaves by recording every transaction? Was Bitcoin innocent and free money and the central bankers are trying to squeeze their way in so they can use it as a weapon? The only thing I do know is they are not handing over a decentralized economy to us because they love us. What's the play? Are we being set up? Are we the useful idiots getting all our friends and countrymen involved in crypto?
Why do you think the resistance is minor?
Bitcoin is already demoted from a cryptocurrency to a "store of value" - which sounds pretty meaningless. Of course LN can bring it back into currency territory but we'll see.
To answer your question - I think that bankers have such power only because people don't understand how economy works.
If they are too open about their hatred for bitcoin, more people will begin to be aware.
As long as bitcoin is only bought with hopes of future profits they can let it live and they won't be exposing themselves.