Peer to peer digital cash without third parties was and is the successful goal.
The state cannot stop it at this point.
There are already “untraceable” ways to use bitcoin.
What it does that privacy coins don’t do is it has the oldest and most distributed network with the most capital allocation, and it continues to advance regardless of yours or mine actions.
It is my opinion that monero advocates should stop wasting their purchasing power and take their skills and contribute to ecash systems built for bitcoin.