I think we can agree there is a certain set of roughly agreed upon ethics in the bitcoin community. That general set of ethics is in stark opposition to the fiat mindset most currently have.
Money in the hands of people who disregard the bitcoin ethos will use that value (whether as bitcoin or fiat) to perpetuate fiat values.
When you spend p2p bitcoin lands in the hands of others with similar ethos. When you fiat on exchange it lands in the hands of fiat minded middlemen.
I dont disagree all those other things are important. I also agree your definition of money. And I believe money needs velocity (aka circulation) to be money. Im not saying dont spend your bitcoin. Im not even necessarily saying dont sell your bitcoin for fiat (I have done so many times too).
My original singular point that NGU is dangerous if people are onboarded with that argument without effort placed on education is being extrapolate and taken as if im making a blanket statement on money. Im not, im talking about a very specific, large population of bitcoiners
Im speaking specifically to the new people that have been onboarded (new defined here as less than 2 cycles) via NGU. Those people need to understand WHY the NGU is happening and when they understand that, they will make better fiscal choices and we will see less (not zero) bitcoin outflow.