In my experience saying anything like that or what I've seen in the other comments just makes you sound like a crazy conspiracy spreader anti-statist contrarian.

Not saying any of what was said here isn't the truth, it is. It's just not going to convince normies.

One thing I've used that works quite well is the 21 million argument. It's something most people don't know about bitcoin already and it always lights up a little bulb inside their head.