Seems like a Catch 22 

Publicly known mint runners that become popular will be easier for users to trust, but also easier for governments to target/regulate/take down

Anonymous mint runners will be harder for governments to target, but easier to rugpull their users without consequence 

 Or we could have local mint operators, an uncle jim scenario, where you have the trust, but its just known in that circle. 

 That's true, but downside is that would be a very small anon set if users are fractured over thousands of mints 

 That is also true! Maybe community level?