Dash is a bad imitation of monero and I do believe having a transparent blockchain is a good thing.
As long as you don't make any public claims that you own the address you really own, nobody can know it that you really own it. In that way bitcoin is semi-anonymous and it is both government friendly and not at the same time. Whether if people prefer to stay anonymous or not, the decision belongs to them.
It is just like creating a facebook page. You can put your real information on the platform or you can create a complete fake one with lulzy information. There is a choice and I like it. (not fb obviously, fuck suckerberg)
Agree with most of that except the opening. Dash is nothing like Monero and not trying to be.