Wouldn’t the idea that it can be exchanged for money suggest that it is in fact part of the real economy after all? You couldn’t use a perishable food item (eg

Wouldn’t the idea that it can be exchanged for money suggest that it is in fact part of the real economy after all? You couldn’t use a perishable food item (eg apples) as a store of value, but you would hardly say that the food economy is a grift.