Blues Man
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Why do you have to go to the extreme?No, not really. It is a elitist point of view, for one as a method of control. If you as an individual choose to live an ascetic life, that is YOUR choice.
Don't push your philosophy on others.
The elite wish to enjoy the fruits of our labor, while denying us that pleasure. Thus they encourage us to do with less.
Eventually they hope that us peons will forget what it was like to actually have things that allowed us to do pleasurable things.
Nowhere does the concept imply living in poverty.
And is your pleasure in life derived from owning a bunch of things? The fruits of my labor as I see them are being financially independent and having 100% control over my time. I don't consider the acquisition of stuff the foundation of my happiness.
And how exactly am I pushing anything on you? I asked a question.