They're both "make believe" in the sense that they're abstractions to move value around - except if you want a road or a hospital built, you use government curr

They're both "make believe" in the sense that they're abstractions to move value around - except if you want a road or a hospital built, you use government currency, if you want to not get thrown in jail, you pay your taxes in government currency, both of those examples seem pretty not-make-believe to me.