Overall, bitcoin is not supposed to be affected by anything by its nature. Otherwise it should be replaced by something else, like ZCash, ZOE etc.
The reasons for localists winning are global and astrophysics and biochemistry-related, which I describe here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1860417.0How to fight with bitcoin bans? Through the mechanisms, which we have - political activism and ICOs for movements and political parties, supporting bitcoin:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1854475.0like this one, suggested here.