Most of this is irrelevant. Does USD have value? If you say yes, and I can then exchange X for USD in a reasonable amount of time then X is also valuable. You

Most of this is irrelevant. Does USD have value? If you say yes, and I can then exchange X for USD in a reasonable amount of time then X is also valuable. You don't have to _like_ it, you don't have to think it's a good thing that X has value, but your emotional reaction does not change the reality that X has value.