I think you are naive, it doesn't matter what the public thinks or how much we vote, we can't make change like that. The only way we can make change is by adopting the systems we think are correct regardless of what regulators say, rejecting the systems we don't agree with regardless of what regulators say. Nobody wants to be a marthyr but they can't kill all of us and we are not harming anyone. If you run they can just as easily call you a criminal, why run if you have done nothing wrong? That's what they will say.
I don't mean to offend you, but that's immature thinking.
Legal cryptocurrencies are limited cryptocurrencies which defeat the purpose of them, making the middle man obsolete, or don't we care about that anymore?
Seems all you want is money...