It does mean there are some nice things we cannot have.
Anonymity. Freedom. Access to weapons of mass destruction. Access to precursors of weapons of mass destruction. Access to bulk amounts of precursors that can be used to synthesize controlled substances.
If everyone played nice, we could have the absolute form of all of these things. In reality, we can't.
Humans evolved -> first human problems
There will always be people who don't play nice. Doesn't mean we can't have nice things, just that it takes extra effort.