I think you haven't gone far enough down the rabbit hole. Bitcoin is ONLY it's people, it's consensus among the nodes run by users. 

Bitcoin is nothing but those individuals choosing software and running the code that is Bitcoin. If you're not doing it, if you're apathetic about it, you're relying on others and trusting their notion of the rules and the existing consensus. 

Bitcoin is us. Run by us. 

I agree with Lopp on this. The greatest threat to Bitcoin is a future of mainstream acceptance and capture of the ideology and changing what people think Bitcoin is and how it does it. If enough minds are changed and enough of them are running nodes, Bitcoin can be whatever we/they want. 

 I understand the fear of capture, but my point is the following: no one wants to lose money; I mean, the interest in a functional currency is natural and spontaneous. If Bitcoin is indeed a good or the best currency, then Bitcoin "takes care of itself," in the sense that massive interest will come naturally. Well, what if it needs attention and care to be a good money? Well, then this a problem, in my view.  

 Of course, Bitcoin may already be taking care of itself, but that is not the issue.