You can't hold both positions that it is the saviour currency unshackling the humanity from the yokes of USD (actually oil and central banks) and at the same time maintain its only value is as a collectible, and also dismiss the importance of anonymity, unmanipulability, as these attributes are important to unshackle humanity.

You can't be passionate about how much paper money has made people sell their souls (I agree with that) and then be indifferent when pointed out that crypto can do the same thing. I am trying to point out there are two different issues here - financial control and psychological control. I am pointing out both exists with crypto as well.

USD is a ponzi scheme. I have been screaming this ever since GFC opened my eyes and everyone looks at me like I am crazy. I am happy we both agree with this. But USD we are not arguing whether USD is a better alternative to bitcoin, but rather if there are other cryptos that are better alternatives to Bitcoin.

most of the establishment types I know (granted they're pretty old) shit on crypto

I don't know which establishment types you are talking to, my experience is completely opposite. Everyone of them that I know are heavily invested in crypto - and this is one of the reasons my red flags got thrown up.

You keep saying MSM shits on crypto. If you are seeing MSM shitting on it, then I will guarantee you, it's part of the mockingbird program where they sometimes use reverse psychology in very sophisticated ways. I know this is working because I can see its effects on the people around me. Normies in my life are suddenly pumped up on bitcoin. One cousin was asking me how they can setup a bitcoin mining server!!!?? These are people who don't read any niche tech stuff. They just watch liberal main stream news for the most part.

Pumping the 2 trillion dollar crypto market on a tiny fringe site

You are not pumping crypto market here, you are desperately trying to convince yourself that your belief is correct, perhaps because you have let it become a tiny part of your identity. I am not saying this in any disrespectful way, but rather from my own experience where I had let a lot of media programmed issues become part of who I was, and had to disentangle myself from that.

I dont intend to change your mind. If anything I have written makes you curious enough to question your beliefs, thats great. If not, I sincerely wish you good luck with your investments.