> Every fiat payment is backed by similar energy and resource usage by the standing military (or dependence on another nation's via other exchange) that gives i

> Every fiat payment is backed by similar energy and resource usage by the standing military (or dependence on another nation's via other exchange) that gives it worth and stability This has always struck me as a terrible rebuttal. This essentially means that the only reason that countries have armies is that they have a currency, which is obviously false, thus destroying the argument. I mean, France, doesn't have their own currency but still has a standing army.