I'll never understand the peculiar mania Kondo seems to induce in people who seemingly willfully misunderstand or misrepresent her. Even in this thread you have

I'll never understand the peculiar mania Kondo seems to induce in people who seemingly willfully misunderstand or misrepresent her. Even in this thread you have people who have clearly never read what she's actually written or said but are attacking her based on vague things they've heard. She's not preaching minimalism, or any particular aesthetic at all. She's just saying to really think about your stuff and consider whether it's actually either useful to you or something you like. If it's neither, then consider whether you really need it. But that's up to the individual. If they find they like or need their spaces filled with things, great. If they like a minimalist space, also great. Whatever works for them. She just urges you to seriously think about your possessions and your living space, because it's so easily to mindlessly accumulate without really considering how you want to live.