[DanZ]

And it’s all based on pure LAZINESS, consumerism, class and status, and universal assumptions that everyone has to absolutely have these amenities to be “comfortable” or they are living substandard.

I spent the first Nine years of my life in a Communist country - The scenes you see in Venezuela today remind me of some of these inconveniences.Things like no Toilet paper

Only the Few are willing to live off the grid

[Openurmind]

We still maintain the luxury of toilet paper. You don’t have to live third world. Just use a percolator coffee pot instead of an electric drip maker. Or make toast on the stove top instead of using a toaster, Or actually cooking on the stove instead of using a microwave, which we do actually have enough power to run if we like. We just do without space heaters.

Why? The lower stress level of not trying to keep up with the competitive rat race indentured servitude is both good for physical and mental health. It’s good for the soul, it’s nice to have the comfort to know you are not locked in and dependent on anyone else and all the mess that goes with it. :)

There is more than one form of being rich... What I find funny is how many “conservatives” insist that being minimalistic and not wasteful and owned by debt is not considered as being “conservative” ideology. :)