Comments on: minimalism and america pt.2 http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2008/06/27/minimalism-and-america-pt2/ Own less. Live more. Finding minimalism in a world of consumerism. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:04:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frank http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2008/06/27/minimalism-and-america-pt2/comment-page-1/#comment-31145 Frank Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:28:41 +0000 http://becomingminimalist.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-31145 I think either is just as bad though. We should be helping as many as we can, and by focusing on people in other countries, we forget about the people right here in our own neighborhoods who need help. I think either is just as bad though. We should be helping as many as we can, and by focusing on people in other countries, we forget about the people right here in our own neighborhoods who need help.

]]> By: Mina http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2008/06/27/minimalism-and-america-pt2/comment-page-1/#comment-18408 Mina Mon, 24 May 2010 21:42:24 +0000 http://becomingminimalist.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-18408 I disagree with what your previous poster said. She forgets that America is made up of immigrants, whether born within or without. Without immigrants, there would be no America. So you are helping your own people by not only helping those in America, but also by helping the rest of the world. I am an American living in Canada. I hope to move back to the States. When I do, I will continue to live minimally. I enjoy eating rice on a daily basis and drinking tea, water, and the occasional juice. Canada has worse poverty than the USA has, and it is hard to get help up here. The general attitude is anti-poor and anti-homeless. Even anti-disability. I am blind and reliant upon my husband, who is a born Canadian. In the name of love, and compassion, I do not wish to hear my screenreader say that someone thinks charity is only worth it in their home country. If you love all, you will be happier. When you love your self, charity does not happen at all. America will need to wake up before they will help their own, much less the poor in other countries. I do miss my country (USA) but I do not miss the decadence. I disagree with what your previous poster said. She forgets that America is made up of immigrants, whether born within or without. Without immigrants, there would be no America. So you are helping your own people by not only helping those in America, but also by helping the rest of the world.

I am an American living in Canada. I hope to move back to the States. When I do, I will continue to live minimally. I enjoy eating rice on a daily basis and drinking tea, water, and the occasional juice. Canada has worse poverty than the USA has, and it is hard to get help up here. The general attitude is anti-poor and anti-homeless. Even anti-disability. I am blind and reliant upon my husband, who is a born Canadian.

In the name of love, and compassion, I do not wish to hear my screenreader say that someone thinks charity is only worth it in their home country. If you love all, you will be happier. When you love your self, charity does not happen at all. America will need to wake up before they will help their own, much less the poor in other countries. I do miss my country (USA) but I do not miss the decadence.

]]> By: Colleen http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2008/06/27/minimalism-and-america-pt2/comment-page-1/#comment-17872 Colleen Mon, 10 May 2010 20:56:46 +0000 http://becomingminimalist.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-17872 Ponder away, it is a very real situation. I lived in the US with my family for 7.5 years and it was a very easy place to shop. My husband recently took a business trip back there and he said he stepped into Fry's the big electronic store and thought to himself "now I remember how easy it was to spend money here" he felt like a kid in a candy store. By the way there is no need for Americans to spend their money on overseas charity becasue there are enough people living below the poverty line right there, help your own people first. Ponder away, it is a very real situation. I lived in the US with my family for 7.5 years and it was a very easy place to shop. My husband recently took a business trip back there and he said he stepped into Fry’s the big electronic store and thought to himself “now I remember how easy it was to spend money here” he felt like a kid in a candy store.
By the way there is no need for Americans to spend their money on overseas charity becasue there are enough people living below the poverty line right there, help your own people first.

]]>