A friendly exchange is a cooperative reallocation of resources. Thus money is as I said, a medium&#x2F;technology for reallocation. You seem to think being a medium of exchange is mutually exclusive with being a means of allocating resources. On the contrary, media of exchange is a subset of technologies for allocating resources.<p>Despite how much you dislike it, it seems that the government can in fact decide what you do with your money. For example, hiring an assassin is illegal. I&#x27;m sure we&#x27;d all agree that banning conspiracy to murder is not a violation of your rights. Thus your &quot;freedom&quot; to spend your money according to your wishes is limited by the safety of other citizens, with as loose a definition for &quot;safety&quot; as we like.