This happens entirely too often on this website. I used the phrase 'inherent value' to describe what you're referring to as 'use value'. But of course someone

This happens entirely too often on this website. I used the phrase 'inherent value' to describe what you're referring to as 'use value'. But of course someone decided they had to argue against it by arguing that the trade value between countries went negative at one point (which isn't all that surprising but has nothing to do with the original point). arguably 'use value' is a better phrase, but given the surrounding explanations, the poster engaged in a clear strawman.