How is it possible that Bitcoin is a stepping stone, when the code is open source and can change? It's not stuck and frozen in time, it can evolve, right?
Bitcoin has a huge advantage, but it is possible for something better to come along.
Also, if the Bitcoin Foundation continues to anger enough people, then our movement could (possibly) have an epic split into two or more projects.
So you've basically outlined at least one of the projects that major antagonists to Bitcoin would pursue - divide and conquer. Some kind of agent provocateur that discredits the foundation or a few.