All definitions are made up. The difference is currency and money is moot. They are like sex and gender. Two words for the same shit.
Money always holds value of some kind, but it is defined in its relationship with other things. Crypto has just been increasing in value due to increased demand. The dollar is going down because of increased supply and weak demand. The beauty of bitcoin is that it isn't related to governments at all, so it is going to be a thing as long as the internet is. And if the internet disappears, the dollar would be worthless too because the world would be in a catastrophic, history altering time. Gold and silver would likely be good, along with food and land.
“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’
I agree with the rest of what you say but words have definite meanings and allow for accurately conveying ideas. The abandonment of sex in favour of gender has led to shit like transsexuals being normalized in clown world
The sex and gender relation is actually a good analogy to money and currency. Sex is a hard physical fact. Gender is ever-shifting, based on what people believe in their minds.
But there is a difference between something of value outside its use as currency, and something only of value (temporarily) because of being a currency. If the Bitcoin network shut down, all the Bitcoin people "held" would be worthless. If the US government shut down all those dollars would become worthless. But the old gold and silver coinage would still keep its value.
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