Agreed, but its not just backed by the military and police. Its backed by all the people interacting in the economy, both domestically and internationally. No

Agreed, but its not just backed by the military and police. Its backed by all the people interacting in the economy, both domestically and internationally. Nobody is going up to people and saying "take this job and add to the GDP or we'll shoot you". Its a large scale symbiotic system (with many faults) that almost everyone wants to be a part of.