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> Your lifestyle is subsidized by society. You depend on other people and services to make it work. You either have to eat out all the time or make many small t
by lmm 1y ago
> Your lifestyle is subsidized by society. You depend on other people and services to make it work. You either have to eat out all the time or make many small trips to grocery stores and rent places with furnished kitchens. There is no self reliance, no preparation for things to go wrong besides saving money and hoping you can buy your way out.
Everyone lives in and depends on society. I don't think that means you're being "subsidized"; if anything the footprint of living like this is much smaller than someone who owns a house full of stuff and drives a car every day. (At least if you skip the routine flying part. Trains and boats are great)
- rhubarbtree 1y agoYou’re subsidised if you’re not contributing back what you take, if you’re not participating positively in a system but are reliant on it.
- doix 1y agoI don't see how that applies here though. You are paying for all the services you consume. Someone that eats out all the time contributes significantly more economically to the restaurants in the area compared to someone that lives in the area permanently but always cooks at home.
- account42 1y agoBut those services can't exist without other people owning all the equipment and land needed to provide them. Once your quest for minimalism turns into externalizing the things you need to survive (instead of getting rid of things you don't need) then maybe you have lost the plot.
- doix 1y agoI don't get this line of reasoning. The average person doesn't grow their own food, everyone has already externalized the things they need to survive. The difference between going to the supermarket and then cooking your food vs going to eat at a restaurant is just relying on the restaurant existing. The restaurant existing relies on people visiting it, so by visiting it, you are helping the restaurant and they are helping you. I just cannot agree that this lifestyle is "subsidized" by society. Enabled, sure, but modern lifestyle is enabled by society and that's generally a good thing.
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