Transparent blockchain creates the ability for statist to determine specific UTXOs or use cases to be "illicit" and effectively ban them from merchants and off-ramps. We see this now with Chainalysis tainted UTXOs and OFAC sanctioned UTXOs. Also most exchanges and merchants won't accept coinjoined UTXOs now since they're basically considered tainted by Chainalysis. This level of censorship is one of the key power points of Fiat and something that Bitcoin inherits, yet Monero is immune from. From this stance I declare that there is a disparity in the level of freedom from fiat offered by either Bitcoin or Monero in that Monero offers MORE freedom. Real world usage reflects this. In the latest Monerotalk interview with the ShopinBit founder, he states that his lawyers actually prefer dealing with Monero precisely because you have no AML check overhead as did to the privacy, there's nothing to check. All monero is clean since you can't trace it. I don't know the timestamp but link is here