Yes I envision a small confederation of servers (maybe two dozen) run by trusted/known figures , not necessarily from any illegal scene at that (for a random example the tormail people may be interested in participating) forming into a larger system that benefits the users of all of the participating nodes and the node operators as well. The biggest concern I have is in maximizing the use of any such system though because you really are blending it with the set of people using a system and if it is only used by people in drug scene it wont be getting the true benefits it would if it had a diverse range of users.