[Cyrien]

Here is the problem with some of what has been said.

The minimalist lifestyle is good. But what happens when lots of people adopt it? A drop in demand, resulting in a drop in supply. If no one buys it the companies stop producing it. If they aren't producing it they fire the people making it so they don't lose money while demand is low. So what happens to the fired people?

Currently the consumerism is so strongly embedded in most modernized and even developing countries to an extent that if significant numbers of people went against it it would lead to almost total economic collapse. Why? Because that is the system we have and all of our national services and organizations are based on those fundamental ideas. Before you can replace it you have to have an alternative. Cottage industries maybe? As much as I think it sounds good I don't think it is going to happen.