Why disgust? Money is useful so you don't have to get paid in sacks of potatoes and big screen televisions and instead get an abstraction. Being able to manag

Why disgust? Money is useful so you don't have to get paid in sacks of potatoes and big screen televisions and instead get an abstraction. Being able to manage the money supply instead of having a physical good (like gold) being money is also useful so you can appropriately manage export imbalances and costs across borders, etc. Money is a lot better than the alternative... an "economy" based only on nepotism, power, and relationships.