I respect that stance, I think Bitcoin needs people like you to call out potential threats. I do agree there is likely harder times ahead of us and the powers that be will not relinquish that power willingly. 

However, I have hope that most people have more to gain from embracing Bitcoin than fighting it and once we have enough people on our side it will be impossible to fight.

Bitcoin was designed to resist nation state level attacks and I find it highly unlikely that the government is going to start executing people for holding their own keys. Don’t forget that the government still derives its power from the citizens and if they push it too far they will lose all of their power.  

That being said, self custody is a hill that I am willing to die on. I just hope that it doesn’t come to that.🤷🏼‍♂️ 

 Its naive to think they won't defend their ability to extract value from society with extreme force.

Saylor knows this.

https://v.nostr.build/xGuEOKkzcUmb2e9e.mp4 

 Maybe we need to introduce this new form of money in some sly roundabout way. 👀 

 I think that is indeed the point. "A sly roundabout way" means we just start using it p2p.
Not that we seek the sanction of regulators and legacy systems.

Freedom is right now.
We don't need a particular USD price point.