Yeah, yeah, we've all heard this "go along to get along" BS all our life, it's not like it is anything new.
The next thing you know you'll be advocating for a new gubmint agency to have oversight powers of the bitcoin OSS development standards, wouldn't that just be boon for all you mainstreamists, it would be the ultimate stamp of approval for those that need "official" affirmation before taking a pee ... then what?, back to square one, vested interests co-opting the agency that has the reins of power, you could make your bitcoin agency a branch of fed. res., is that 'official' enough for ya?
At some point you've got to show some spine and say which side you are on. If you go along to get along you are putting your stamp of approval on everything the State does in your name, the blood is on your hands. The crimes are too great and obvious now, you can no longer just pay your taxes and close your eyes, their sins are your sins once you have knowledge and acquiesce. Politics and money are intertwined, no third way sorry ... free money or socialist crimes against humanity?
All I'm saying is that it's a lot easier to sell people an idea bit by bit than it is to try cramming it down their throats wholesale. Most progress is made inch by inch and step by step, not in some "great leap forward."
Edit:Keeping BitCoin above politics means not trying to slant it in the other direction either. Bitcoin is what bitcoin is, and it is ingenious. All we have to do is not ruin it through either technical distortion or socio-idealogical hobbling. Bitcoin isn't a philosophy like statism or anarchism, it's a technology like HTML or BitTorrent. Don't mess with the core protocol, don't scare off future enthusiasts, and we're good to go whatever your reason for wanting it to succeed.
Once again, eMansipater takes the words right out of my mouth.