> I see no point in using Monero.

it's cheap and easy to use privately and you don't need to run a node to receive payments

> except perhaps the darknet drug junkies who have their brains fried.

so you're saying it does not provide good privacy for the people who need it the most and that privacy on lightning depends on the government not caring enough about finding you which can change which should mean it does not have good privacy

privacy

Is ecash private enough for dark markets?

purpurato

> There is no real freedom without privacy and a good form of money should allow individuals to transact without revealing what they do.

If we didn't have coinjoins, swaps, LN, liquid-btc, eCash, then Monero might be useful. As things stand now, I see no point in using Monero.

Bitcoin is a superior form of money, and LN already provides good privacy for all people, except perhaps the darknet drug junkies who have their brains fried.