People say oh the govt thugs (police, customs, army) won't come to bitcoiners' houses to arrest them for being bitcoiners because they'd be being paid in worthless dollars or other fiat. This is naive. They'll come and shake us down for free.
The only way they can get my coins from me is torturing me. Jail probably would have the same effect. But we are thousands already. Can they jail us all? Only if there are too many weak rings among us who'll do whatever they say like sheep and I don't think there are many sheep among us so I am pretty much certain we do have a good chance to survive.