If we really want to live a minimalist life, then forget about throwing away boxes of stuff, and focus on downsizing education, real estate, and healthcare. If

If we really want to live a minimalist life, then forget about throwing away boxes of stuff, and focus on downsizing education, real estate, and healthcare. If you have a functional kitchen and a home gym (or tennis rackets or cross-country skis), you might reduce your dependence on healthcare. This part of the thesis is really twisted thinking. It exemplifies how healthcare is just an afterthought in certain places, until people become affected by the desolate condition of the US healthcare system themselves. I gather it's because in general healthy younger people don't think much about the ones that are disabled or have been hit with a health crisis (accident[0], cancer, psychosis). At that point the reflective reaction I see is to appeal to others (e.g. GoFundMe). I'd rather people think about and work towards having a health care system that shares the burden across the whole population. Edit: Adding this for context [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30058108 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30058108