Cashless societies being progressive leftist movements. It is curious to see one of the most progressive and left leaning states in the entire USA adopt policies which buck the trend. Ditto with leftist progressive california mirroring these anti cashless society paradigms.
I don't suppose they're doing this to make life easier for illegal immigrants who may not have access to debit cards or bank accounts?
Digital, physical, what's the difference, if they would still be in control of the money supply?
If such is the case, someone could design and rollout a cryptocurrency which makes life for illegal immigrants easier. It could end up being the most quickly adopted crypto of all time, no matter how much electricity it utilized, how many animals were harmed or the ecological disasters it might have caused in the process.
Use Bitcoin! Why suggest a creation of another "cryptocurrency", which would be under their control? What are we here for?