Bitcoin is already more political than it should be (and I don't mean concerned with national politics). We give duplicitous talking heads too much power and without taxes they extract rent in sneaky ways - pay for play and organizations that increasingly bias toward surveilling and stealing IP and credit, enriching their friends and investments.

Seeing it from the inside has already changed my conviction in bitcoin's social layer. The protocol can cope with some degree of corruption, but I'm concerned about what happens if such power grabs escalate and remain unchecked.