An idea from Tao Te Ching

The ideal state is tiny. People own boats and weapons but never use them, love their plain food, and grow old without visiting the next state, though they can hear its dogs and roosters. It is a picture of a simple, closed life, and it is meant as one.

From Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

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