It is distressingly true. That piece of paper has no value at all.
In no shape or form is it supposed to be able to recreate something like having a silver dollar or resources with actual value such as gold.
We are slaves to the state. We are like livestock and the bankers are the farmers.
They give us what we want to satisfy us so we can follow the herd but to be able to wake up and leave this repressive regime: you have to leave the farm to see it.