My point is that even if it’s true that Tor is compromised, the value of Tor as a honeypot is so great that the government has thus far refused to acknowledge they can. Because if they did, Tor would die overnight and something even stronger would replace it.

So even if you operate under the theory that Tor is compromised, it’s still vastly superior to clearnet because the value of Tor as a honeypot means most people using it for anonymity will remain anonymous.