I would argue that both have roughly the same impact on politics. Yin and yang.

Otherwise Monero wouldn't have been delisted under government pressure and attacked for over half a decade.

I guess we are also preparing for different things.

Monero does not need to prepare for things that Bitcoin is already good at. Bitcoin won't go away. It  also does not need to prepare for 8B user tomorrow.

From a privacy perspective it's good to use something non permanent like LN or ecash on top of Monero. But I am fine to exchange my Monero on the spot for whatever cryptocurrwncy or method a merchant accepts.

There is a need for private digital cash  that is none custodial and there is a need for private wealth (offshore banks).


Bitcoin is good to become digital gold and a reserve asset.