Give me any reason these socio-paths we've elected won't do this as they worsen everyone's economic situation?
Because they don't really care about this?
Bernard von NotHaus was arrested for running an operation much, much smaller than Bitcoin is becoming.
Liberty Dollar != Bitcoin
Bernard von NotHaus was arrested because he was stupid, not because he was libertarian.
Liberty dollar is not EXACTLY the same but LD and BTC are very similar in their objectives. Its an alternate currency. The feds don't care too much about alternate currencies, until they become widely used and pose a threat. Thats when they make their move.
The feds will eventually crack down on bitcoin, how successful will they be is beyond me. My guess is not very successful. In fact, when the feds do try to crackdown it will only add to the power of bitcoin since when that happens EVERYONE will know what bitcoin is. Personally I think most of the growth potential of bitcoin is going to come from outside of the us.