I disagree about the first sentence you've said. It was never too early when understand the whole Blockchain and how cryptocurrency works, that alone can conclude that we have a brighter future ahead than those people who don't understand what cryptocurrency really is, unless the Government all over the world starts to see it that way. Japan is the first ever country who adapts Bitcoin as a way of payments or cashless transaction, if I'm not mistaken.
And with that, I can proudly assume that it helps their economy so much more that is why their country is richer and advanced than the other countries when it comes to technology.
A country accepting BTC as a way of payment =/= Bitcoin could become the leader, ahead of fiat and CBDCs. Bitcoin's amount of txs are way too low at the moment to pose a big risk to fiat and they're preparing CBDCs anyway that'll be widely adopted. The governments will never give up power and kneel in front of a decentralized governance. What's even worse is that the world has
never been completely decentralized for
thousands of years - so removing central authorities may actually destroy the world's current state.
Remember, there'll always be people fighting for power and leadership. As long as they exist, governance will as well.