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I actually think conflating cryptocurrency with not paying taxes may does not help anyone in the discussion.

Banking fees, sure. But taxes? That's a whole ideological discussion not even closely related to crypto.

The least we can say is satoshi's whitepaper lists eliminating financial intermediaries as the prime motive, in the first paragraph itself.

Well, my point still stands.

Taxes are not a financial intermediary. Taxes are something a government charges to fund a country, even though some of them may be charged when you move money around.

I understand that we can somewhat envision a self-governing crypto-nation, but even that doesn't imply lack of taxation.

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