It is a problem in fact. The only way bitcoin can survive in the long term, is with governments or powerful organizations protecting it. We should wake up to that reality.
This, of course is not an impossibility. In fact I see many governments allready supporting bitcoin indirectly.
Indeed, the long term is going to be largely dependent on the degree of 'official' sanction.
True, Bitcoin could go rogue (which would be fine and dandy with many current Bitcoin folk), but the masses will sheeple in the direction they are told.
HOWEVER, if (or as many of us believe, when) world currencies collapse, then all bets are off and Bitcoin is setup to be THE game in town.