Hmm, so even if one of my wallets were to be linked (potentially) to identifiable information, they'd be hard pressed to prove (without other evidence) that every address in-between was linked to me, and not some other joe turning it around and buying some government-hated product?
So the more hops the better for anonymity... hmm this currency is starting to sound like the internet

Yep, that's right.
Bitcoin is designed to be anonymous.