They are looking at the extreme and have no idea what they are talking about. The world itself could be taken over by various groups. In fact, bitcoin needs 51% for a take over, in history, it takes a much lesser % of total people to conquer the world. Loo kat Germany and Britain. They are a small % of the total people in the world yet they took over?
It is like saying cars are dangerous and you shouldn't drive one because you can die?