There was a narrative created by the users and not by Satoshi himself. Satoshi was not happy with Wikileaks accepting BTCitcoin when other payment systems were rejecting them from accepting user funds and you think he was against the government or trying to avoid attention if they start accepting BTCitcoin payment. BTCitcoin is an alternative but you cannot expect it is a replacement to fiat. The government can control over third party providers and exchanges but not have complete control over the BTCitcoin network.
I agree that the narrative has been made by the users. But it only for thw good because one would never have through bitcoin becoming a global attraction in the future. So it has outdid it's purpose if you ask me. Has it been so much of a failure then nobody would have been talking about it and this forum would likely have died out.
These are only proofs one needs to accept that Bitcoin has become more than what it was supposed to be. For now we should make sure to profit from the same and not stop investing when prices fall.