For most of 'money' users 'scaling the network' would mean liquidity and convertibility - it should be transparent, easy, safe and fast to interchange bitcoin with all other currencies. This implicitly requires cooperation with the nation states, not expecting no interference whatsoever.
For the billions people in the world who use money, "can't be interfered with" is not even near the top of properties money must have. Above all, it should be liquid (i.e., accepted in most places w/o hassle) and at least somewhat stable in value. Heck, for most uses the old Zimbabwean dollar was a better currency than Bitcoin - sure, it was under full state control and falling in value like a lead weight, but millions of people could and did successfully use it for their daily money needs.