Bestowed upon by government? You mean the guns they use to force you to pay taxes in their fiat?
One must understand that all money is a form of collective debt. Not just the added interest by frac reserv lending, but all of it. It is a general yom (you owe me) that occurs when a person is not able to provide the needed goods to the seller, in exchange for the goods the buyer needs. Money is an accounting system of these yom.