Blockchain aimed to go anonymous so people would have freedom financially
no, anonymity was never the goal. the main goal was to create a "decentralized" system that nobody can control so that they can not put their hands in your pocket and/or dictate how you use your own money. and that is how it gives you financial freedom.
Anonymity was never the intention of the creator to build but instead a decentralized network, have it a check okay , but inside that decentralization is the anonymity of the users coz you cannot just run above with those names. So to be anonymous was never the goal but it's part of achieving the goal, imagine if bitcoin privacy does not let anyone anonymous every person that will encounter it would just let it pass. For it does not define the financial freedom, it's not even free when you're spending it, so I guess it won't define that term.