Agree, but it’s auditability issues and other complications caused by its anonymity make it much less favorable as a global economic system. There’s obviously a use case for privacy-oriented solutions, but I wouldn’t categorize them as second-best. Rather a tool for an extremely narrow audience.
Bitcoin is good enough for most users and provides options to stay pseudonymous given that you follow basic privacy practices.
derGigi ⚡🧡 (npub1der…xzpc) covers these in his article here: https://www.swanbitcoin.com/bitcoin-privacy-best-practices/