Would government fold their hands and not try to make devs push a protocol that would favour them? I doubt, I understand we have miners and full nodes for checks and the open source process and peer review make covert protocol changes difficult. But we can't deny that Dev still have some influence (I used them as example since they are smaller in numbers).
I know we survived without government support and can survive without it but What are your thoughts on the direction we heading?
Whats the assurance that they aren't doing that right now, I mean Bitcoin is big you know, there is no any institution from any country that will see one coin worth $100k and not be tempted to be involved in it, they will be tasty to have it. However, pushing protocol is one thing but Bitcoin is decentralized, it's not like they are group of people in what place that run Bitcoin. If the government push for any protocol, most miners and nodes runners wouldn't accept it.
Who do you think controls the Bitcoin, they are majorly miners. There hasn't been any group of people that has been supportive like miners from different part of the world. If government push any Bitcoin and ask,people to update it, nobody will accept it because anyone who knows the true meaning of Bitcoin and the value will know for a certain that Bitcoin is a freedom, it was created to help one fight censorship resistance, if the government decides to show who they are, Bitcoin is going to be that guy they will reject they accepted.