Sometimes you have to look at what the main rival of bitcoin is doing. The fed printing worthless fiat, being the lubricant of the slave system imposed on everyone on this planet. Slowly eroding lives away with debased currency, ruining generations. Boom busts, the stealing of resources, raping of countries, perpetual war, poverty, death and destruction. The shining beacon you mention not doing anything, is literally the way out when it all inevitably comes down