It is rather naive to think so, the same kind of nativity is applied to politics where people actually believe that democracy is "fair" because every person has a choice. Gavin could replace the bitcoin-qt client at bitcoin.org overnight and let the stupid masses that don't know squat empower his flawed decision.
So to you "overnight" is a long drawn out process of debate,tests, and consensus building lasting at least 6 months or longer? \
Interesting....
Not if all parties in set debates are controlled by the USG.
Sybil attacks applied to debates.