Personally I wouldn't invest much of my own money into Ripple, because it doesn't work the same way as most other cryptocurrencies, however banks are starting to adopt it, and it has big potential, though it does not intrinsically promote freedom. But free money is free money.
Click this link and enter your ripple address and you'll get some free ripple. Steem on!
http://ripplefaucet.info/ref/rw9Amf1NerWR6Jc9J8EGUUUFLKZeRXrGPy