This is a fantastic post - I'm 100% going to start using the term "Casino-Chip Society" whenever I talk about "cashless" society.
There is another reason that cashless society is awful that was not talked about in this article, but I think is just as important - a digital dollar means that you have a dollar where it is impossible to commit crime. While that sounds like a good thing (who wants crime?), it very much stops being a good thing as soon as you bump up with laws that go against your morals. Designing systems with the assumption that we will always have democratic and free government is a horrendous idea, allowing the government to have a complete record and log of every single transaction you ever make, as well as having the ability to stop you using digital money, makes it so easy for fascists.
There is another reason that cashless society is awful that was not talked about in this article, but I think is just as important - a digital dollar means that you have a dollar where it is impossible to commit crime. While that sounds like a good thing (who wants crime?), it very much stops being a good thing as soon as you bump up with laws that go against your morals. Designing systems with the assumption that we will always have democratic and free government is a horrendous idea, allowing the government to have a complete record and log of every single transaction you ever make, as well as having the ability to stop you using digital money, makes it so easy for fascists.