To make a minor nitpick, Bitcoin was created in response to the GFC bailouts, which was essentially forced government action as a result of private banking gree

To make a minor nitpick, Bitcoin was created in response to the GFC bailouts, which was essentially forced government action as a result of private banking greed, fraud, and / or incompetence. The circumvention you mention is incidental, not primary. "Something better" was the, admittedly lofty, goal. And if not purely "something better" then at least "an alternative".