While it might be agreed that Tor has certain non-code / monetary / political issues, why discriminate on that when the code of all current overlay networks does not do much to defeat GPA's and Sybil's that are well known to be in existance. Let's see something on the market that claims resistance to those, then we can talk secondary issues. Till then, use what you've got for what it's good at, and code what you don't.
The world won't have [another] Appelbaum for some while to come. Yet there are others, and welcoming room for more new others... philosophers / visionaries / activists / teachers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pin6DhQee48