Bitcoin seems to me like a prototype for the 'Great Beast's' global digital currency. Every single transaction, on the ledger forever, and despite what many like to think, 100% trackable, forever.
The ledger is indeed forever. Should you create a link between your identity and your coins, there are several ways to break that link. There are extremely easy ways to permanently sever that link.
There is also an exponentially growing blockchain which will soon be unfeasible for home computer users to manage which will result in corporations springing up as Bitcoin intermediaries, serving as Bitcoin 'banks' and even central banks.
What is your definition of soon? The block chain still fits in my RAM. It will "soon" be unfeasible for home computers purchased over a decade ago. If we only allow non-zero outputs, there is a limit to the size of the pruned block chain.
Bitcoin is not freedom.
No one can take my coins without my permission and no one can prevent me from sending coins to whomever I want. If that isn't freedom, it's a huge step in the right direction.