I hope LN is something that stays on another layer and is used for anonymous transaction
LN is not that much of anonymous as it is expected. Afaik, LN payments can be traced although it will be hell lot of works. Either way, if BTC becomes anonymous, it will barely survive in the market.
Like you said, most countries don't have freedom of speech etc. In case of financial activity privacy, all countries are more strict and in such case, BTC would never be legalized.
Thanks for your response on this. I had heard that it was originally from Andreas Antonopoulos. He was doing one of his ask and answer youtube sessions and spend that particular video answering most of the questions on LN. I guess I'm kind of glad to hear this as I've used LN and it truly is insanely fast.