Looks like we are moving into a period wherein each of us will have less stuff unless, and until, we are allocated our share of it from the incumbent government [see photo].
I expect that the size of government will continue to grow and the size of private enterprise will continue to shrink. I hope that this does not happen; but, given the prevailing mood of electors - here, there, and everywhere - it seems certain that there shall be a ruthless re-allocation of money, labour utilisation, resource allocation, etc. What this will mean is that more and more resources will come under the control the public sector while fewer and fewer remain under the control of the private sector.
What I am preparing for in my life is a dramatic shortage of private goods and an abundance of public goods. These public goods [including government transfers of money] will be rationed to abide by the rules of fashionable diversity-equity-inclusion programs. In short, this will mean that most of us will have direct access to fewer goods and services due to the steep cost of them and to their limited supply. This may not be a bad thing - indeed in some ways I welcome it as I am a minimalist and as such I can live off very little and still be happy.
What will prove a worry for me though is that the public spaces will likely become polluted with litter, crime, disrepair, etc. The government monies spent on public spaces in the past will now be redirected toward services [public housing] and transfers [pensions, reparations, universal income schemes, etc]. Meanwhile... The public spaces on the Internet will become "no go" zones for those with an independent outlook on life. Life will become a grind for everyone as the "public goods mentality" [become a 'free rider' on the public purse whenever and wherever you can] spreads through communities around the world.
Minimal-you.com is the place to go if you seek to protect yourself as best you can from the ravages of the likely re-allocation of effort away from the private sector and into the public sector. Equity [equality of outcomes] may be achieved for all those who are not minimalists. Diversity based on skin tone might be achieved and inclusion based on ideological tribal beliefs could be achieved for all except the minimalists. The minimalist will remain "a culture of one" in a world where tribal rituals multiply and ultimately lead people into wars.
Richard.
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