I believe that bitcoin was also created from conflicts and disagreements over political opinions, so I would not be surprised if politics is what will prevent bitcoin from becoming popular. Every feature and characteristic of bitcoin goes against what the government is creating, they create everything with the general notion that everything should be centralized, while bitcoin is a decentralized technology. So it's no surprise that bitcoin will have difficulty gaining popularity. But can they stop bitcoin? As far as we can see, their plan is slowly failing because people are using bitcoin more and more every day.