As for run by gov agents, look in your own family, many bitcoiners are feds... Obviously... And the core devs have no desire for base layer privacy. Transparent blockchain has always been as selling point as it helps with being "regulatory compliance" and "number go up".

Come to the dark side Darth. Bitcoin is fine. I love it and use it, but stop pissing on monero just for the sake of your ego. It's clearly != as XRP or SOL or some memecoin