This is actually entertaining to read.
No government would ever accept widespread use of a completely untraceable coin like XMR.
There are just so many people who link privacy to crime. They would probably never like the idea of Monero and automatically think of criminals when hearing about it.
Weren't the same discussions about Bitcoin few years ago? Weren't the people arguing that it'll never be accepted by the government? That it's used mostly by criminals? A holy grail for privacy and anonymity. A currency that if you knew what you were doin', you could incommode your traceability. And here we are, 2021, a country made it legal tender.
The governments obviously want to trace you, but they periodically seem to apply based on the people wants; same thing happens with authoritarianism, it gets blunted. There were times when if you found your husband/wife unfaithful, they were executed. Now, unfaithfulness is a right. Times when slavery was a common phenomenon; services for the government and the rich. Now, that's a crime. Wasn't cryptography illegal in times?
The governments always had this alibi, that whatever they're doing, they do it to protect you, such as against terrorism. Whoever vilifies that Monero is linked to crime or admits that the governments would never accept its widespread usage should also consider to stop using Tor as it invades the governments' business and makes harder for them to trace us. They should also propone http and believe that https is for those who have something to hide.
I thought we were supporting privacy. No? Half-ass jobs?
Anyway, in my opinion, within the next few years, there is going to be a cataclysm of CBDCs which will replace our fungible cash with a highly-censored and anti-private currency. I don't believe we'll ever experience a scenario where everyone will use Bitcoin or Monero unless they're disgustingly KYC-ed.