“It needs to start educating policymakers, lobbyists and influencers about the pros of Bitcoin and the impossibility or the difficulty in getting rid of all the bad uses.”
That last part is the most crucial. Policymakers, lobbyists and influencers would never buy into a system that would allow users like themselves to be kept out.
How embarrassing is it to get caught with a
freezer full of bribe money? Bitcoin makes it so much easier for politicians to hide their ill-gotten gains that for them it's really a no brainer.