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The whole point of Bitcoin is to be a payment system beyond governments' control. I would be very surprised if Satoshi was spending his precious time contemplating on how governments could profit from it.
Who knows. I've always thought Satoshi isn't one man, but a government operation. That's my tin foil hat talking, which I don't usually wear. I've always thought it was extremely convenient that bitcoin was created right at the time when it looked like banks might fail completely due to the housing crisis of 2008.
I think if it were a government operation we would know about it by now. Information of such a significance leaks like an old faucet these days. Another reason why I think governments weren't behind it, is that they have never been caught in a big hurry for supporting Bitcoin. But, of course, no one can be 100% sure of anything, so we must always keep our tinfoil hats within the reach. )