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		By: chutney		</title>
		<link>http://www.makingchutney.com/2003/12/03/putting-the-voluntary-back-in-voluntary-simplicity/comment-page-1/#comment-589</link>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2003 21:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s only bragging if you&#039;re rich.  ;-)

Missed the game.  At least we should still be up for the national championship.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s only bragging if you&#8217;re rich.  ;-)</p>
<p>Missed the game.  At least we should still be up for the national championship.</p>
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		By: CP		</title>
		<link>http://www.makingchutney.com/2003/12/03/putting-the-voluntary-back-in-voluntary-simplicity/comment-page-1/#comment-588</link>

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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2003 06:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I wish I could brag about the Sooners winning the Big XII Championship, but we didn&#039;t. Actually we got our asses kicked. It sucked.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish I could brag about the Sooners winning the Big XII Championship, but we didn&#8217;t. Actually we got our asses kicked. It sucked.</p>
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		By: CP		</title>
		<link>http://www.makingchutney.com/2003/12/03/putting-the-voluntary-back-in-voluntary-simplicity/comment-page-1/#comment-587</link>

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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2003 06:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[LOL. I guess we&#039;re not! Thanks for the thoughts. I&#039;d never heard of the &quot;Voluntary Simplicity&quot; movement before this post. Is talking about simplifying your life bragging? Hmm.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL. I guess we&#8217;re not! Thanks for the thoughts. I&#8217;d never heard of the &#8220;Voluntary Simplicity&#8221; movement before this post. Is talking about simplifying your life bragging? Hmm.</p>
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		By: chutney		</title>
		<link>http://www.makingchutney.com/2003/12/03/putting-the-voluntary-back-in-voluntary-simplicity/comment-page-1/#comment-586</link>

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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2003 19:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two thoughts...

1.  People can live as simply as they like--I just don&#039;t want to hear them brag about it.  To me, the whole &quot;voluntary simplicity&quot; movement is about bragging.

2.  By US standards, you and I aren&#039;t upper-middle class yet.  I think of that as starting around $100K/year.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two thoughts&#8230;</p>
<p>1.  People can live as simply as they like&#8211;I just don&#8217;t want to hear them brag about it.  To me, the whole &#8220;voluntary simplicity&#8221; movement is about bragging.</p>
<p>2.  By US standards, you and I aren&#8217;t upper-middle class yet.  I think of that as starting around $100K/year.</p>
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		By: CP		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2003 23:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hip Hop culture tells us that we should all get as rich as possible and enjoy the good life (which for men generally involves having lots of loose women around him). This view says - &quot;My life sucks because I&#039;m poor and if I were super-rich, I&#039;d be happy.&quot; Well, lots of us that are upper-middle class, know this is not true. Rather than holding materialism up as something we should all strive for, I think it is good when the rich choose to live simpler lives. Why should we follow the materialism craze like lemmings just because we can?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hip Hop culture tells us that we should all get as rich as possible and enjoy the good life (which for men generally involves having lots of loose women around him). This view says &#8211; &#8220;My life sucks because I&#8217;m poor and if I were super-rich, I&#8217;d be happy.&#8221; Well, lots of us that are upper-middle class, know this is not true. Rather than holding materialism up as something we should all strive for, I think it is good when the rich choose to live simpler lives. Why should we follow the materialism craze like lemmings just because we can?</p>
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		By: boy in the bands		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[boy in the bands]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2003 04:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;strong&gt;Voluntary simplicity&lt;/strong&gt;
Chutney at makingchutney.com asks: Does anyone know someone who practices “voluntary simplicity” who isn’t at least upper-middle class, white, and liberal? I thought not. Go ahead and read the rest of his thoughts. I&#039;m more compelled by those who are...
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Voluntary simplicity</strong><br />
Chutney at makingchutney.com asks: Does anyone know someone who practices “voluntary simplicity” who isn’t at least upper-middle class, white, and liberal? I thought not. Go ahead and read the rest of his thoughts. I&#8217;m more compelled by those who are&#8230;</p>
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