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Here's a good critique of it: http://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/07/31/the-problem-with-minimalism/ http://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/07/31/the-problem-with-mi

Here's a good critique of it: http://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/07/31/the-problem-with-minimalism/ http://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/07/31/the-problem-with-mi... Minimalism makes the same attribution of wealth and possessions to happiness as consumerism does. The difference is that minimalists eschew possessions in favor of experiences. For them, saying they don't have a lot of possessions is the same as someone bragging about their new car and tv.

coldtea 10y ago
I've learned from a much wiser person this, and it has been proven super illuminating: it's not the similarities that matter between two things, it's the differences. For some things it might not hold, but it's not like everything and its inverse are basically the same just because they share a common domain (e.g. racism and anti-racism both are focused on race). It's what they get from there, and how they differ that defines their value. Applied in this case, that "Minimalism makes the same attribution of wealth and possessions to happiness as consumerism does" is irrelevant. It's whether it's a positive or a negative attribution that matters.