$XRP is designed to benefit Ripple labs over individual holders and is dependent on the very institutions that Bitcoin seeks to make a declaration against 

It’s like adding a speed bump to a road when Bitcoin is creating an entirely new highway.

Bitcoins a declaration of monetary independence from the flaws of the existing system by being censorship-resistant, permissionless and an alternative to fiat currencies where you and I can self-custody and save our wealth and escape the clutches of inflationary central banks