You believe you've done a thing in contravention of your government's laws. Perhaps you've done it and will not be caught. Perhaps you've done it and they haven't gotten around to asking you politely not to do this. Some crypto currency obviously leaves a paper trail for all to see; some states it doesn't and perhaps doesn't, but perhaps does.
Autonomy to break a law and not get immediately punished for it isn't really freedom from that law.
To clarify -- breaking a law is not imaginary. Maybe you've broken the law and haven't immediately faced any repercussion, but that doesn't mean that bypassing money laundering controls renders those money laundering controls or punishments for breaking the controls imaginary.
You believe you've done a thing in contravention of your government's laws. Perhaps you've done it and will not be caught. Perhaps you've done it and they haven't gotten around to asking you politely not to do this. Some crypto currency obviously leaves a paper trail for all to see; some states it doesn't and perhaps doesn't, but perhaps does.
Autonomy to break a law and not get immediately punished for it isn't really freedom from that law.
To clarify -- breaking a law is not imaginary. Maybe you've broken the law and haven't immediately faced any repercussion, but that doesn't mean that bypassing money laundering controls renders those money laundering controls or punishments for breaking the controls imaginary.
(edited to add the clarification)