I think it's incredibly naive to think that you're going to dis-intermediate the bankers that run the world and when their enforcement division comes at you, you're going to tell them, "I'm not going to answer any questions." And you rhink they're just going to walk away and leave you alone. Theyre not. They're going to have your keys or they're going to kill you to take your UTXOs off the board. That is how power works.
What are you saying? That the promise of bitcoin will fail when facing the powers that be? If not safety in numbers than what?
Without privacy, you have no wealth. There will always be a bigger, better armed bully. Therefore, lack of Bitcoin privacy jeapordizes its censorship resistance. also "boating accidents" on a transparent ledger are a farce. nobody is going to believe that shit.
It’s true we could be forced to reject the founding documents of America and essentially lose our nation. But that’s why we have guns. An armed populace is necessary to maintain the security of a free state. Arms aren’t necessary if we give up freedom and/or security.