Even though I would not like to ditch freedom with a cashless system, I would not like a cash only system either, and it is not about being lazy. An advantage

Even though I would not like to ditch freedom with a cashless system, I would not like a cash only system either, and it is not about being lazy. An advantage of a system where cards or checks are widely used is that it decreases significantly the risk of getting robbed. In some country with cash only, the citizens would travel by bus with big amounts of cash while bringing back money to their family. Sometimes the bus was stopped by armed robbers. Everybody would have to give their money, or to take the risk to hide it, or to take the risk to fight back. When a minimal system of money transfer was introduced in the country, those kind of robbery disappeared: there was no point anymore for the robbers to stop busses since the citizens didn't have huge amounts of cash on them anymore.