The Oppressive Gospel of ‘Minimalism’
I&#x27;ve seen this &quot;minimalism == privileged posing&quot; line of argument a few times now. It may be fair in many cases, but I think there&#x27;s another angle that never seems to get mentioned: I&#x27;d guess that a disproportionate number of these &quot;posers&quot; live in tech hubs like SF, NY or London. In places like that, owning stuff may simply be unaffordable, not because the stuff itself is unaffordable but because space to put it is unaffordable. That is, they may be cash-rich but space-poor, whereas the stereotypical rural redneck with 3 old cars up on bricks in the front yard for spares may be cash-poor but space-rich.<p>You can call this &quot;sour grapes&quot; or &quot;making a virtue of necessity&quot;, depending on how generous you&#x27;re feeling, but I think there&#x27;s more to it than just posing.