Whether you look at it as not that bad type of marketplace. Still it promotes criminal act and manage to manipulates the mind of the people there to act like anonymous person which is very unlikely. Also most of the transactions there are violating law, I don't know why he just said that it is just base on how you are going to look at it.
Some of the things there are legal and not everything is illegal. Though the percentage of things legal there is around just 1% and 99% are all illegal stuff. But for example, you are in a country or state where marijuana or other drugs are legal then that would make 50% of things in the darknet legal in your perspective.
But still, it's not safe there to have a transaction.
Indeed it still not very safe over there and another thing is that there are a lot of scammers on such markets.
I saw someone is offering there if you have an enemy then he can do it for you, he would actually kill him for you. I can't remember if it cost around $20,000 converted to whatever is the price of bitcoin. A total place for illegal acts and anything that can be a disgrace to the humanity, just stay away from it and live peacefully.
This is something we only see on movies.
seem like a reason not to publicly display your real name on the internet. if someone finds you and wants you dead over a fight. $20k can be the value of your life.