Most importantly, it's fully anonymous. There are no banks, exchanges, governments or other corporations involved... just me and my paper wallets, some dude with a laptop or phone, cash and the blockchain.
Not to mention, the real reason that the banking industry is scared of bitcoin is that if it becomes popular as a form of the peoples' "savings", they won't get customers ongoing deposits to continue their massive fractional reserve scam... which they rely heavily on.
Absolutely. Almost anything is better than keeping your money in some bank.