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There's a conflation of terms going on.

The definition of "money laundering" is transforming "dirty money" into "clean money", and "dirty money" is by definition wrong, or at least illegal.

Anonymizing money for non-dirty purposes is something else. The mechanics might be identical to money laundering mechanics, but we shouldn't call it laundering.

We live in a society built on the rule of law. Money laundering is illegal because it subverts society's ability to enforce its rules.

So what do you think of Tor then? Or VPN's? Or SSL? They all subvert society's ability to enforce its rules.

Or locked doors and sealed envelopes.

I think that locked doors and sealed envelopes are symbolic, and have been for far longer than we've been alive.

Yours. Not everyone's.