In misc.survivalism Spehro Pefhany wrote:

Banannas have intrinsic value (at least for a while). Dollars have
little or no intrinsic value (perhaps as a fuel or recyling into
packing material).

But you know very well that such an attribute is irrelevant.

--
In the councils of government, we must guard against the
acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought,
by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the
disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
-- Dwight David Eisenhower