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The Minimalists get a lot love, so writing this review was a tad daring and saucy of me. But The Minimalists: Less is Now documentary is just another symptom of a trend that has been disturbing me for a while: minimalism, the hip and woke lifestyle that promises happiness for its adherents.
And I’m uncomfortable not speaking out.
Exerpt:
It’s a giant ad for the Minimalists",” commented Youtuber Undine Almani.
That pretty much sums it up about the documentary, The Minimalists: Less is Now.
Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus aka The Minimalists, are well-known minimalism lifestyle influencers from the United States. They have books, podcasts, films … and although they don’t outright say it, there seems to be an implied message in their content that they founded the movement. That is not true, of course. But they are probably the ones who marketed it the best.
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