"They have made sure that MoE use of Bitcoin is obstructed."

It's just the fiat system doing it's thing, I don't see a 'they' who are trying to do something, althought to many people this is a very attractive idea. It's a very complicated system with a lot of people in it with very different intentions and agendas. You could very easily make the same case that 'they' are trying to obstruct bitcoin from being a SoV by regulating exchanges.

At this point, the best thing is to just move out of the west for a few years, it's selfdestructing and history teaches us that people in power tend to do crazy things when that happens. I made that decision a few years ago and never regretted. I even sometimes use bitcoin as MoE for fun. Nobody bothers me about SoV or MoE.