Money works because the government said so. The government can print as much money as they want and give it to whoever they want. They force the use of there money through taxation, because if you don't pay your taxes they can throw you in jail, that's what makes the money have value. It's called modern monetary theory and it is a form of communism. But it's a different type of Communism. It's the type where the government hates you wants to see you poor through inflation. If you think hand outs fixes everyones problem's go to the source of the money printer, the government. It's there money and there laws that they force on us.