> What exactly would compel me to want to use cash for anything? What about my life would improve?
You can buy things without a third party bank skimming a bit from your purchases.
You can buy things even when Chase and Visa outages occur.
You can give cash to people without credit cards.
Children can manage money without their parents knowing or being able to monitor their spending.
Same with people in abusive relationships; the abused party can hide cash under their bed (or somewhere else) more easily than they can hide their bank account from their abusive partner.
You can buy things from the black market without being traced. For example, you can set up a lemonade stand without a permit with cash (this is illegal in many US states). You might argue "oh, but that should just be legal; that's not a problem with going cashless inherently." But there will always be stupid laws and regulations like this, and cash is a good way to shield yourself from them.
You can buy things without a third party bank skimming a bit from your purchases.
You can buy things even when Chase and Visa outages occur.
You can give cash to people without credit cards.
Children can manage money without their parents knowing or being able to monitor their spending.
Same with people in abusive relationships; the abused party can hide cash under their bed (or somewhere else) more easily than they can hide their bank account from their abusive partner.
You can buy things from the black market without being traced. For example, you can set up a lemonade stand without a permit with cash (this is illegal in many US states). You might argue "oh, but that should just be legal; that's not a problem with going cashless inherently." But there will always be stupid laws and regulations like this, and cash is a good way to shield yourself from them.