It's one thing to be a techno-anarchist and it's another thing to be reasonably skeptical about government and what it considers "justice" and the ramifications of that "justice".
The way the government has been approaching cryptography and privacy in general is very much "throw the baby out with the bath water, we don't need it". What is happening in the financial privacy space (i.e. developments in crypto) should be alarming to anyone who believes in democracy, in my opinion.
If you think of consumer purchases when you think of financial privacy, you live in a bubble of privilege.
There are literally countries where people get sent to jail for giving money to pro-democracy groups or journalists.
If you're an American, imagine a scenario where rights are stripped away from people at the federal level and donating to those causes becomes illegal.
Surveillance has impacts far beyond your consumerist lifestyle.
The way the government has been approaching cryptography and privacy in general is very much "throw the baby out with the bath water, we don't need it". What is happening in the financial privacy space (i.e. developments in crypto) should be alarming to anyone who believes in democracy, in my opinion.