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Industrial capitalism is enormously destructive. Unfortunately, it consumes 1) our lives. 90%+ of people spend the majority of their waking hours doing things they would rather not do. Obviously, some unpleasant work is necessary: garbage collectors, fireman, policemen however, David Graeber wrote a book called "Bullshit Jobs" which argues that many jobs serve no vital purpose whatever, 2) the environment. Many lower middle class and even poor people have closets filled with shoes, and rooms filled with games, clothes, movies, and electronics while the rich have higher quality variations of these. If anything, poor, middle class, and rich people need more a) paid vacation, b) paid sick leave, c) the ability to engage in new experiences: see a new city, visit an art museum, try a new activity such as salsa dancing. However, capitalism devours the majority of our waking hours so that we may strive for nicer cars, clothes, and homes which is not inherently evil however, quite purposeless in the grand scheme of things when compared to the increase in the quality of our lives that can be achieved by spending the majority of our waking moments more purposefully. In addition, for minimalists, work and careers have dimishing returns. For instance, one study found that a joint income of $70,000 per year for a couple meant that a family could reliably obtain a) housing, b) transportation, c) education, d) nutrition, e) recreation, and f) travel. Those households who earned more than $70,000, say even $300,000 were somewhat happier than those who made 70k but the increases in happiness achieved from quadrupling income were statistically insignificant.