Yes, I would agree that privacy is important, that anonymity is valuable to the freedom of speech, and that OP is also right about the health of the web.

Which means we have a big problem.

For individuals, yes. For service providers, no.

Anonymity == Privacy is such a huge misconception in our industry it borders on deliberate.

If that were actually true the tech industry would not have minted trillions building a global digital panopticon.