It does go both ways, but the ratio of legitimate to ilegitimate use is important, with banks and law enforcement it's like one in a million. With crypto, crime represents more than half of usage by mcap.

You are missing the entire point. The money itself is fake and artificially generated at will by these authorities. Monero and any major coin has actual value because you can't just create out of thin air. Fiat is on it's edge. Look at monero's price, it's growing at record breaking point. Why? People realize it's true value and anonymity/privacy aspects.