Most of the BTC mining is done in China. Authorities could deal a major blow to BTC mining easily. https://steemit.com/eos/@iang/eos-with-dpos-is-immune-to-the-gfw-attack-because-it-is-more-decentralised

https://www.dashforcenews.com/bitcoin-disincentivizes-community-harmony/
One of the main reasons BTC can't really get anything done is exactly because it has no governance model. BTC is a tragedy of the commons.

Buying ETH with fiat is just as easy as BTC and several exchanges are already adding Dash/fiat trading pairs. The P2P buying opportunities are also improving. BTC on the other hand is going nowhere except down and Wall Street.