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. :)
Anybody who make coffee in a percolator is a barbarian. “Percing” is guaranteed to extract the bitter fractions in the coffee grounds (the hotter water causes extraction of less soluble compounds). Best temperature for brewing is 195-205F.