The obsession with protocol-enforced privacy is the new narrative.  You've drunk the koolaid and now you "want to believe."

Even ignoring all its flaws, Darkcoin will not see widespread adoption simply based on the fact that its "darkness" was not designed to appeal to the masses.  It was designed to appeal to you.  Monero will very likely not see widespread adoption either, but after the collapse of Darkcoin, it could be the logical and more legitimate continuation of the "privacy-enhanced coin" line of thought.  Although I am no fan of alt coins, if someone held a gun to my head and made me buy one, I'd pick Monero.  And when that gun is pointing the other way and people start talking about Monero's long-term potential for mass appeal, I'd trade everything I have back for bitcoin.