New Celebrity’s Way of Life Is Rural Life [HUFFPOST]
I have recommended for years that you take
in a lifestyle of *Dacha just
in case of a future global confusion.
Needless to say, if possible, rural life is better for one who has no
problem at work. A problematic point in
rural life is work. However, it is difficult
to live a decent life in the city now because an increase in employment of temporary
workers has resulted in lower wages. In
contrast, some people are coming into the country from the city with the aim of
living an affluent life by making creative efforts, though they have a low
income. I think that it is much better
to live in the city where you cannot find how to make good use of much money
you gain. However, minimum income is
dispensable to live a life in a humane manner.
To this end, social justice such as decentralization of power, fair
distribution of wealth and fair payment of wages in proportion to working hours
has to be enforced. If not, it would be
impossible to realize a humane, affluent life.
From this point of view, rural life of so-called celebrities, which is introduced in the article, makes me feel uncomfortable. If feel that these types of people seem to mistakenly perceive a happy life, which is a legitimate human right, as something like fashion. Arrogance of this writer makes me disgusted.
Masatoshi
Takeshita
May
24, 2014
(Note) *Dacha
is a small Russian cottage house in the countryside used especially in the
summer.
English translation of an excerpt from a
Japanese article: HUFFPOST JAPAN – May 24, 2014-
New
Celebrity’s Way of Life Is Rural Life
They cite Jamie Oilver (*1) or Savannah
Miller (*2) as an example of new type of celebrity, and they call this lifestyle the younger generation yarn for “Nouveau
Peasant” (“New farmer” in French).
*1 — He is a celebrity chef everybody
knows (Official site: www.jamieoliver.com/about/jamie-oliver-biog). His parents ran a pub, got familiar with
cooking, and became explosively popular in a TV program “Naked Chef” he
appeared when he was 23. He is a
household idol due to his naughty and cute character. He is also devoting himself to charities like
revolution of school catering (“Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution”). He lives with his wife and four children in
Essex.
*2 — She is an elder sister of an actress
Sienna Miller, and a fashion designer (Her brand –Twenty8Twelve: www.twenty8twelve.com/). She spends three days a week in London and
four days a week in her country house with her husband and three children.
Telegraph: Celebrity Gardeners: Savannah Miller’sGarden
The Independent: Fashionable living:Designer Savannah Miller is turning her farmhouse into a eco-chic retreat
Don’t say that such lifestyle is just a
fad. I posted blog entry entitled “Post-consumerand Omotenashi (hospitality)” in 2011.
These celebrities are not fascinated by “material
things” which are sold in the times when anything is available, instead hand-made,
organic, ecological story, and experience over material things are the key
words. I think this concept is shared in
common in advanced countries.
Especially the U.S. and Britain experienced
“Bling” times when 2007 was at the peak of housing bubble, which is still vivid
in their memory. Therefore, this trend
might be “new” to them.
Leaving aside home garden and Hunter boots,
I find it very interesting “to have lots of children.” In the past the poor had lots of children,
but recently anybody cannot give birth to children without economic resources.
(Reprint from “How to create a world-scalelifestyle” by la dolce vita posted on October 14, 2013)
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