Same for national regulators.

No mention of Layer 2 in their publications, no mention of non custodial mixers. 

They think Bitcoin is slow, traceable and inefficient (pre 2015 era bitcoin). 

When regulators realise how fast the target they are trying to hit is actually moving - they are going to panic.  

 That's all well and true but it sounds like you think people want a change. I don't think that's the case. Practically nobody makes the connection between "the system is rigged" and "our monetary technology is to blame for it". So regulators have all the time in the world.