What people don't seem to realize in all this crypto-tribalism is that any coin that has surpassed a dollar per coin and held that interest and value over a few years is already a better medium of exchange than the dollar in many ways.
The problem is market acceptance, of course, but overall, peer-to-peer cash has proven its worth through countless iterations, even if unit of account pricing lags behind (that's a tough one).
Monero is a clear winner, as unlike with other coins, you can already buy nearly anything - privately.
There are levels to the separation of money and state. It doesn't mean an imminent end to central banking or banks. A noble goal, but maybe far, far in the future.
We've already won, and we also have the state to thank for it, since they refused integration with their corporate organs.
That, Ladies and Gentlemen, is the true separation of money and state - a parallel economy they can't stop or tax, and we can only grow.
My fellow delusional maxitards.
You conflate value with price. All mentioned have value because they're used in their markets. A higher price doesn't represent higher value and doesn't guarantee retention or appreciation.
The most expensive things are often the least valuable. They represent vanity and lack intrinsic value. In the case of Bitcoin, no cash flows or yields like real assets, and no fundamental properties of money. Fool's gold.
The cheapest things are often most valuable because of their properties and intrinsic value. In the case of Monero, it's cryptographic privacy, censorship resistance, and mutual systemic rejection.
Don't pretend you're here for the price, you're at least smart enough to hide some of your stash without high risk and uncertainty of losing price in the long term because of long-proven stability.
That is called store of value - the real deal.