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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 01:17 PM Original message |
Deliberate Poverty |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R. Looking at it from outside the consumer culture |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Deliberate poverty.. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I keep hearing how something is leftist, or liberal, or conservative, etc |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. We are already doing it |
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potisok (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Agree |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is an idea I have been thinking of a great deal |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 02:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I've discussed that with friends as well. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Not doing." |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think my poverty is deliberate these days |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. estate sales are awesome. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I've always found them unbearably sad |
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babydollhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. when I die, I hope everyone goes to town with the stuff of my life |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. good thoughts |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. I like this idea and have said that oil depletion will solve as many |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm not a fan of poverty |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Perhaps another word would do |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
14. We recently sold and gave away a large portion of our possessions |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
15. I'm on board. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Have you heard of The Dark Mountain Project? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I sure have. I love it! |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. As do I |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I don't write well enough to submit. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-21-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. Or perhaps we need to redefine "WEALTH", and what it really means. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Certainly, and I think more about happiness than money |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-22-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Indeed: Redefine wealth |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Voluntary Poverty? |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I'm aware of the hypocritical aspect of it |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. ...and about the computer |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Good question |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. That seems to be a disingenuous question. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 02:40 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. "True wealth is the ability to be generous" |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. Absolutely agree. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
30. So where do you think healthcare comes from? |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Good things are essentially separable |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. So, we all have to have iPhones and Hummers and McMansions in order |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. I don't think of it as "deliberate poverty" but rather "simple living". |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
37. great post! |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
38. I prefer the term "Voluntary Simplicity" for essentially the same concept |
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flow_urgirl (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
39. I would be calling this deliberate self worth and holistically minded |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Well said. And may I add, |
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