Oh hey, I'm not arguing for less privacy in payments. GP was saying "tell me about how I get some cryptocurrency in a practical way without big middlemen" and there isn't one because of how states define crime and money laundering. I do think it's kind of a tricky problem, but I'm not really defending the regime here nor am I saying that it's actually important to fund things like Wikileaks (which, to disclaim my bias here, I'm not a fan of). I'm sympathetic to the idea that commerce is a basic human right, but I think it very quickly runs into "can I buy black market goods/services" (which are basically like, drugs, guns, human trafficking, violence-for-hire) and almost everyone says "no". I don't see how crypto gets us closer to "you can fund Wikileaks" while not moving us closer to "you can buy a human slave". I think for that we have to look to democratic action to change the laws.