David Graeber

@davidgraeber

I'm an anthropologist, sometimes I occupy things & such. I see anarchism as something you do not an identity so don't call me the anarchist anthropologist

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Joined March 2009
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    Capitalism is powered by things that were once only available to the elite. This is why its formative period in the Dutch moment is defined by commodities that are nutritionless (tobacco, tea, sugar, coffee). These stimulants are completely cultural.

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    31 minutes ago

    Looking for a unique and very provocative critique of the growth of meaningless work? Check out Bullshit Jobs by . Much to think about, and debate--some of which I discuss in my blog posting:

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    3 hours ago

    Come and hear David Graeber talk at LSE on The Bullshitisation of the Economy - 17 October, LSE, 18.30

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    6 hours ago

    How might we build a stateless society? This week on the podcast I speak to Human Rights Activist Elif Sarican about what we can learn about direct democracy from an unrecognised revolution in Northern Syria. Enjoy our conversation here:

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    9 hours ago

    At least 449 people died while being homeless across the UK in the last year. Mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. One was a soldier, another a physicist, all with their own tragic story of how they ended up on the streets. Try telling them austerity is over, Prime Minister.

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    6 hours ago

    At Labour Party conference, told Richard's story about his wife's claim for Personal Independence Payments ... "I have tried to be her rock but the stress and suffering I can see my wife going through is so very cruel" (1/2)

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    10 hours ago

    Lots of bullshit to go around.

    Shoutout to a meeting that could have been an email, in which the creation of another meeting was praised all around
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    10 hours ago

    I've stumbled upon my favourite guy yet again! : Imagining a World with No Bullshit Jobs via

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    7 hours ago

    In this week's special episode, we go on a Batman deep-dive with . Exploring many of the core tenets of the character and then a film-by-film analysis of themes and ideas from the Nolanverse Videocast coming soon!

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    Oct 7

    These are shocking statistics showing how our upside-down our economy is. Workers in the UK are working harder and faster than they were in 1992 - and it's getting worse. We work harder for less. This is a crisis in work.

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    21 hours ago

    Oh by the way, as a drug expert I just want to confirm that yes means putting alcohol or another drug up your anus for quicker absorption. This is the only definition of it. Brett Kavanaugh definitely put alcohol up his butt. So at least we have that.

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    17 hours ago
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    First, Markets are a direct result of state intervention in the economy, so a market/planning dichotomy is a false one. (From David Graeber's "Debt: The First 5,000 Years)

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  13. 17 hours ago

    practically everyone I know has met Jeremy Corbyn at least once, or at least been at a party where he was hanging around. Except academics. Almost none of the academics I know have ever been in the same room as him.

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    18 hours ago

    Bezos and Musk, our own little Columbuses. Send them to space asap and let them bring the whole Trump caboodle!

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    'Murder, kidnapping, slavery, ethnic cleaning.' — Here's why Christopher Columbus should not be celebrated
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    19 hours ago

    These people were tragically failed by this Tory Government. and every Tory needs to read this.

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    19 hours ago

    Thanks to for speaking out. Bullies survive when those who could have a role in stopping them choose to look the other way. Many of us have scarring stories. We have to do better.

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    Oct 8

    43% think if the UK had a "genuinely socialist government" it'd be a better place to live, 36% think worse () 49% think "socialist ideas are of great value" () The vast majority back nationalisation. Is this reflected in the press?

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    But the majority of voters aren’t so the papers reflect the majority of the population.
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    21 hours ago

    Twenty-two percent of the planet's land surface, and eighty percent of global biodiversity is under the protection of indigenous peoples. Happy to all our indigenous comrades across the globe!

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    22 hours ago

    Watch out Labour, the Tories finally have a policy, and it’s a game changer... allowing homeowners to scavenge for waste at dumps

    Michael Gove: Let homeowners scavenge for waste at council dumps
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    Oct 7

    HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DAY!! Just a small reminder.

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