In my opinion, Monero is more true to the Bitcoin ethos then Bitcoin itself.

That being said, I think they are both shitcoins. If the item that is traded has no objective property that can humans can utilize, it has no value. The fact that the trading technology is very innovated doesn't give the token itself value.

I think Monero is important only because I see a future where the concepts and technology developed by the Monero community are utilized in a gold standard. This giving us the best of both worlds.