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       Re: Simple living movements
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: June 21, 2023, 4:08 pm
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       "The nature of Yahweh’s creation sets us up to chase after
       desires, and once we’ve attained what we desire, that thing
       eventually becomes mundane and no longer excites our brains on a
       chemical level, leaving us to chase after the next thing that we
       think we lack."
       The real problem is not those who are unaware of this, but those
       who are aware of this and who prefer this to being content,
       because they consider contentment boring. They would rather
       endlessly expand the range of possible desires so that they
       never run out of yet-unchased desires to chase after:
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       Re: Simple living movements
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: May 1, 2026, 7:01 pm
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       This is what we need to spread around the world:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAKIM0LV2HA
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       > when people
       > 7:447 minutes, 44 secondsgenerally pursue stability and
       minimum cost living, the entire society's innovation capacity
       and economic
       > 7:517 minutes, 51 secondsresilience get weakened.
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       :)
       The best sign that it is the correct path is that it annoys Xi:
  HTML https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3351681/foreign-forces-promote-lying-flat-messages-undermine-chinas-economy-mss
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       > The concept of lying flat became so pervasive that it
       warranted a warning from President Xi Jinping, which appeared in
       an article published in October 2021 by Qiushi, the party’s
       flagship political theory journal.
       > ...
       > Two years later, Xi issued another note of caution – this time
       for cadres – at the second plenum of the 20th Central Commission
       for Discipline Inspection, China’s top anti-corruption watchdog.
       > ...
       > It is not uncommon for Beijing to blame foreign groups for
       spreading ideas it does not like. There have been similar
       accusations about discussions on women’s rights or protections
       for animals, for example.
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       ;D
       Yes, low-desire makes China less economically competitive. The
       correct response is not to discourage low-desire in China, but
       to encourage low-desire in other countries also. But Xi couldn't
       even figure out this logic on the issue of birth rate FFS.....
       See also:
  HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/news/taiwan/msg32175/?topicseen#msg32175
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       > [quote]    Starting in 1979, given the overpopulation crisis
       at the time, China's new paramount leader Deng Xiaoping,
       together with other senior leaders, including elder Chen Yun,
       Premier Zhao Ziyang, and President Li Xiannian, began to promote
       the so-called one-child policy
       > ...
       > Prepare to be criticized by others for cutting off the
       offspring. But if we don't do it, the future looks grim.
       > ...
       > Leaders after Deng, mostly the administrations of Jiang Zemin
       and Hu Jintao, continued promoting and imposing the one-child
       policy in most areas of mainland China.[5][17]
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       vs
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       > On 29 October 2015, it was reported that the existing law
       would be changed to a two-child policy
       > ...
       > When the Chinese Communist Party decided to relax this policy
       and allow two children per a household, it made their carbon
       neutrality goal significantly harder to reach by 2060.[48]
       > ...
       > Guidance was issued on June 21, 2021, proposing implementation
       including promoting the "three-child policy"
       > ...
       > Xi Jinping has promoted pro-natalist policies and encouraged
       women to "actively foster a new type of marriage and
       childbearing culture."[68][69]
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