Who decides what counts as illicit activity? Will you always agree with their judgement now and into the future?

While bitcoin works for you currently, you've admitted it's use is subject to legislative whim. Monero's privacy features, the same features that makes it ubiquitious in illicit commerce, makes it immune from legislation. It is truly anti-state.

That's why we're in this Meyer. We're creating a truly peer to peer cash system immune from legislation and state control. We're not in this to get "face melting gains".