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Re:Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for ... by bigfudge on Saturday November 04, 2023 @11:14AM (#38141785)
psychologically, though, it’s much easier to suffer hardship. If everyone in your community is also suffering the same hardship. Making unilateral choices to deny yourself, creature comfort doesn’t seem all tha likely to succeed as a strategy.
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Re:Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for ... by MichaelZuo on Saturday November 04, 2023 @11:23AM (#38141883)
Maybe not for the median person, but many types of people do succeed with it, such as ascetic monks, stoics, many religious sects, etc...
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Re:Is there anywhere in the world someone can just live for ... by Podgajski on Saturday November 04, 2023 @11:35AM (#38142001)
And the reason for living such a simplistic life is to be a model for those of people who think that it can’t be done.

I have zero unhappiness about the way I live, my problem is other people make it hard for me to live this simplistic life.

I just read that some sociopath is trying to make it illegal for people to live intense in the UK. That’s what I’m talking about.

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