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Things only got worse from there, until, eventually, we escaped
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The Minimalists: Less Is Now

Things only got worse from there,until, eventually, we escaped

Things only got worse from there,
until, eventually, we escaped

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Things only got worse from there, until, eventually, we escaped.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:20
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Booklight Productions,Catalyst Films

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The Minimalists have reworked this phrase to create a sense of urgency for today’s consumer culture: now is the time for less.
Mom and I moved 20 miles south to a suburb of Dayton, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:06
Mom and I moved 20 miles south to a suburb of Dayton,
-[turn signal clicking] -Oh, man. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:04
-[turn signal clicking] -Oh, man.
It's all boarded up, and it has, like, this wrap on her. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
It's all boarded up, and it has, like, this wrap on her...
Our home always smelled faintly of empty beer cans - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
Our home always smelled faintly of empty beer cans
Cockroaches scattered every time I turned on the kitchen light. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:04
Cockroaches scattered every time I turned on the kitchen lig...
And whenever the power got shut off, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:06
And whenever the power got shut off,
It looks like they might have squatters. It's totally falling apart. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:04
It looks like they might have squatters. It's totally f...
So when we first moved down here, I know we signed up for food stamps. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
So when we first moved down here, I know we signed up for fo...
As a kid, I didn't know the difference between the white and green money we had, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:10
As a kid, I didn't know the difference between the whit...
And she would trade the… - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:12
And she would trade the…
You know, Milwaukee's Best or the bottom-shelf bottles of wine. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
You know, Milwaukee's Best or the bottom-shelf bottles ...
I'd come home each day from school… I was about six. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
I'd come home each day from school… I was about six.
I would find Mom just passed out on the couch day after day after day. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:07
I would find Mom just passed out on the couch day after day ...
It became this normal occurrence and… - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:13
It became this normal occurrence and…
As things started unraveling, Mom's drinking got worse. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:04
As things started unraveling, Mom's drinking got worse.
Now don't get me wrong, my mom was a good person with a good heart - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:07
Now don't get me wrong, my mom was a good person with a...
Somewhere along the way, she'd simply lost a sense of meaning in her life. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:05
Somewhere along the way, she'd simply lost a sense of m...
And I knew the only way for me to break the cycle, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:09
And I knew the only way for me to break the cycle,
I remember back when I was a teenager, - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:08
I remember back when I was a teenager,
And you should have seen some of the houses we worked in. - The Minimalists: Less Is Now 00:04
And you should have seen some of the houses we worked in.