And everyone allowing this two tier society is guilty of allowing governments and big businesses to control them
Rather that I'm guilty of making my life as easy as possible. Going to a cash point to take out a note to then go to a shop to break down the note into coins so that I can use a 20p toilet is not convenient or easy. It's the exact same reason that I rarely use the local bus company, as they're cash only, and I can't be bothered to deal with change vouchers when they inevitably don't have the right change.
Certainly in my case I used contactless a long time before it was required to pay for certain things. I remember phoning up HSBC to get them to reissue my card so that it was contactless. Now I use my phone instead, even more convenient as I don't have to worry about carrying my wallet everywhere.