It was meant to survive and will survive if we use the right opsec and encryption and privacy tools. Those cannot be stopped. It is crucial to master their use and build more such infrastructure before more of the prison doors close.

To deny freedom and privacy to everyone because some might abuse it makes freedom and privacy impossible impossible. Lightning is going through 3rd party major nodes decreasing privacy and security. This is not remotely better than Monero.

Teenagers are not children that need protecting from the internet. They very much need open sources of information outside parental control. Besides your teenage kids are likely to be better at tech than you are.