Simple living
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Simple living refers to practices that promote simplicity in one's lifestyle. Common practices of simple living include reducing the number of possessions one owns, depending less on technology and se
Mahatma Gandhi spinning yarn in 1942. Gandhi believed in a life of simplicity and self-sufficiency.
Ottoman Dervish portrayed by Amedeo Preziosi, 1860s circa, Muzeul Naţional de Artă al României
Reconstruction of Henry David Thoreau's cabin on the shores of Walden Pond
Living simply in a small dwelling
Consumerism
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Consumerism is a socio-cultural and economic phenomenon in which the aspirations of many individuals include the acquisition of goods and services beyond those necessary for survival or traditional di
Simple living
…increase in philanthropy, frugality, environmental sustainability, or reducing stress. Simple living can also be a reaction to economic materialism and consumer culture. Some cite sociopolitical goals aligned with environmentalist, anti-consumerist, or anti-war movements, including conservation, degrowth, deep ecology…
An electronics store displaying CRT TVs in a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia (2002)
Bernard Mandeville's work Fable of the Bees, which justified conspicuous consumption
Josiah Wedgwood's pottery, a status symbol of consumerism in the late 18th century
Black Friday shoppers, DC USA