So we should just hold back all development because the government might decide to perceive lightning in a slightly more favorable light, maybe, if they're not having a bad day that day?

This is the opposite of cypherpunk. Lightning is obviously transmitting money. It is foolish to pretend otherwise.

The state attacks will continue until the leviathan is exhausted. They don't have a consistent legal framework. The framework itself is the attack vector. They will contort it in any way that suits their agenda. We can't win this fight playing by their rules.

TapAss moves every stablecoin user one step closer to a bitcoin standard. We will coopt the dollar and put it on bitcoin rails. Embrace, extend, extinguish. This is the path to victory.