Money is how we express our preferences. It's no accident that the money is corrupted & no coincidence that Bitcoin has arisen now.
Nothing in this world has any built in meaning. It's in the expression of our individual preferences that we apply meaning to things.
I prefer to think of Bitcoin as an honest & incorruptible value protocol. A new language to express our preferences. I suspect it's at the heart of both a great divergence & also a great convergence. Your choice is made by the frequency that you carry & not the money you choose.