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kasran, fourier transfemme @typhlosion@awoo.space
minimalism is a scam invented by big small to sell more less
October 29, 2023 at 10:23 PM · 13 replies · 290 reblogs · 425 favorites
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I didn't say that it was necessarily, but it does encourage that under many normal circumstances.
When you have a project that you are not equipped to handle, you need to acquire more things. Those things need to be stored somewhere or be discarded. In order to maintain minimalism how does one store more things? You can't. It then needs to be discarded.
The alternative would be to rent those things or hire someone, but that is often far more costly. Particularly if that need comes up again in the future.
I had to fix some drywall in my house. I bought the resources necessary to do that. Now what do I do with them? I store them. That is the antithesis of minimalism. My only alternative would have been to hire someone else to fix it, or throw the tools and remaining drywall away. Hiring someone would have been far more costly, and throwing away the stuff I bought would be a waste particularly considering things happen and I may need to fix drywall again in the future.
This is just one small example out of many things that can happen that would require someone to acquire more things. How is minimalism compatible with that?