Certainly the USD, especially in computer blips is more extortion based than perception based. I mean if you had the paper you could use it for something practical like heating your home...
Once again we need to go back to my first post and why it was used at the Medival Fair and is still a store of value today and will be for a long time.
Of course you could be really Patriotic and defend your Constitution by using only it and therefore stop funding all Wars and the fat cat war industry via FIAT: