i have heard for years that Tor has been compromised by nsa and so on. really there's not much of a way for me to see the truth

TL/DR: Yes

I think for today it is still a good way to anonymize. But who knows if one day there will be an even more anonym way to use the internet.

VPN over VPN. F u can afford use VPS that accepts #btc or crypto 🤣

Define “safe”. Like hiding your stash of child porn form the Feds: No. Backdoor to google from China: Yes.