It's nearly impossible for one to live without the bank,but I believe one can do without it, for example in the rural areas/villages 99% of them don't even own a bank account, nor are there any bank building around them, but they go on with their daily lives buying /exchange goods and services,also even in the third tier countries where the employers don't pay thier employees through the bank rather they hand cash to the employees at the end of the month.
yes, but living means of having basic needs but banks is not a basic need. We can live with or without it. I am not quite sure how one make an assessment on why they became so dependent on banking system where in fact before the bank we had already made the best system using the fiat currency. Banks were there just a option on handling huge money to transfer.Besides, it is the banks were the reason why there is so much inflation with the fiat system. They allowed to print many as possible fiat money with the same value as the economy of that certain country. So the greater fiat it will be thr lesser its capacity to buy or exchange for something. This is the reason of high inflation rate.
