My guess is that once governments start circulating their own digital currencies, they will try to crackdown on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as we know them.
Wouldn't it have been smarter to nip it in the bud years ago? Why let it flourish for 10-15 years, allowing for the possibility of mass adoption?
They probably had a wait and see attitude at the start, but then everything suddenly changed way too quickly. They couldn't suppress the growth as much as they thought they would, which lead to individual countries having different decisions regarding its adoption.
Ignorance is a huge factor as to why the masses would rather support centralized than decentralized. The word government has been implanted on their minds as something trusted, helpful and the like even though the government themselves are at fault for letting their countries be at ruin at certain parts. It's like they've been already brainwashed to stop caring about who to trust and just leave it all up to the government.