Haha, just judge by the fruit. Monero is persecuted by the state with extensive regulation causing delistings from major exchanges and constantly shutting down nonKYC exchanges like TradeOgre and Majestic Bank. Why? It's effective.

Mixing tech like Samourai Wallet and Tornado Cash were persecuted by the state with Lawfare and jail time. Why? Because they were effective.

There's a reason why lightning is basically unregulated and we've seen no state attacks against it. Same for Wasabi. But projects like Ashigaru have nym devs hosted on the darknet.

Judge by the fruits. When you get into the weeds you can rationalize anything, just step back and look from the outside.