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Re:Minimalism conceals the messy realities of society by voxl on Sunday April 05, 2020 @01:56AM (#22784012)
There is another side to this where "stuff" becomes a liability. If I know I'm going to be moving frequently, having stuff is expensive, minimalism becomes a frugal option.

To this point, there is a certain luxury in being able to keep stuff around, to even have the space for it to begin with. If I own a studio apartment I don't have room for random 2x4's to come save the metaphorical day.

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Re:Minimalism conceals the messy realities of society by DubiousPusher on Sunday April 05, 2020 @02:15AM (#22784076)
Absolutely. Self reliance is also a kind of luxury, that I wouldn't necessarily call better than minimalism only that the two are in contention.

Those 2x4s saved the literal day for us as the time away would've cost us a day's work ;)

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