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Minimalism is luxury. You know you could replace whatever you just threw out (which in turn is a way to declutter; mentally allocating money for a pair of pants

Minimalism is luxury. You know you could replace whatever you just threw out (which in turn is a way to declutter; mentally allocating money for a pair of pants to potentially replace the 3 pairs you're never wearing helps getting rid of those). You know you could go back to your parents after "selling everything and backpacking around the world). Instagram-minimalism additionally requires replacing and color-matching a lot of perfectly fine furniture, electronics and toys. Another messy reality of society is overproduction, manifesting in that box or drawer with extra HDMI cables and USB thumb drives and USB-to-PS2 connectors, and throwing some of that crap out feels good :)

nsoonhui 7y ago
> Minimalism is luxury. You know you could replace whatever you just threw out No it's no, you grossly misunderstand the fundamentals of minimalism. It's make do with whatever you have, and to be content with less, including less money, less possessions, less prestige and less of everything. It's accepting the degradation of social status. "Going back to parents after selling everything and travelling around the world" is not a message of minimalism. Selling your mansion, forgoing your salary and title, travelling around the world in a brief suitcase with not a penny to your name even after you come back from travelling and be contented with living from day-to-day in a one bedroom flat, _that's_ minimalism.
- balfirevic 7y ago
  > _that's_ minimalism I must have missed it, who is in charge of the definition of minimalism?
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ravenstine 7y ago
Minimalism is only a luxury in the sense that some people really don't have a lot, possibly anything at all, in which case minimalism simply doesn't apply to them. That doesn't mean that minimalism is a luxury to the haves over the have-nots. To the vast majority of people, minimalism would be considered a burden.

nsoonhui 7y ago

> Minimalism is luxury. You know you could replace whatever you just threw out No it's no, you grossly misunderstand the fundamentals of minimalism. It's make do with whatever you have, and to be content with less, including less money, less possessions, less prestige and less of everything. It's accepting the degradation of social status. "Going back to parents after selling everything and travelling around the world" is not a message of minimalism. Selling your mansion, forgoing your salary and title, travelling around the world in a brief suitcase with not a penny to your name even after you come back from travelling and be contented with living from day-to-day in a one bedroom flat, _that's_ minimalism.

balfirevic 7y ago
> _that's_ minimalism I must have missed it, who is in charge of the definition of minimalism?
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ravenstine 7y ago

Minimalism is only a luxury in the sense that some people really don't have a lot, possibly anything at all, in which case minimalism simply doesn't apply to them. That doesn't mean that minimalism is a luxury to the haves over the have-nots. To the vast majority of people, minimalism would be considered a burden.