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David Graeber Quotes

Debt is the most effective way to take a relation of violent subordination and make the victims feel that it’s their fault Picture Quote #1

Money has always been a particular problem for revolutionaries and anti-capitalists. What will money look like ‘after the revolution’? How will it function? Will it exist at all? It’s hard to answer the question if you don’t know what money actually is. Proposing to eliminate it entirely seems utopian and naive Picture Quote #1

It’s true that most American citizens think of themselves as living in a democratic country. But when was the last time that any Americans actually sat down and came to a collective decision? Maybe if they are ordering pizzas, but basically never Picture Quote #1

It affects every aspect of our lives, is often said to be the root of all evil, and the analysis of the world that it makes possible - what we call ‘the economy’ - is so important to us that economists have become the high priests of our society. Yet, oddly, there is absolutely no consensus among economists about what money really is Picture Quote #1

Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free Picture Quote #1

A debt... is just an exchange that has not been brought to completion Picture Quote #1

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It is assumed in many parts of the world that democracy is a group of people facing a certain problem, who come together to solve it in a way where everyone has an equal say Picture Quote #1

It’s a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization Picture Quote #1

If you look at history, there seems to be a regular pattern: the country with the most powerful military also happens to be the one with the world trade currency. That gives them an enormous economic advantage, which causes goods to flow into their country Picture Quote #1

Consensus isn’t just about agreement. It’s about changing things around: You get a proposal, you work something out, people foresee problems, you do creative synthesis. At the end of it, you come up with something that everyone thinks is okay. Most people like it, and nobody hates it Picture Quote #1

There seems a general rule that, the more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it Picture Quote #1

I think if the general exodus that seems to be going on occurs it’s going to be a disaster, Picture Quote #1

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What is debt anyway? A debt is just the perversion of a promise. It is a promise corrupted by both math and violence Picture Quote #1

Debt is the most effective way to take a relation of violent subordination and make the victims feel that it’s their fault Picture Quote #1

Anarchism and anthropology go well together because anthropologists know that a society without a state is possible because so many exist Picture Quote #1

Student loans are destroying the imagination of youth. If there’s a way of a society committing mass suicide, what better way than to take all the youngest, most energetic, creative, joyous people in your society and saddle them with, like $50,000 of debt so they have to be slaves? There goes your music. There goes your culture. There goes everything new that would pop out. And in a way, this is what’s happened to our society. We’re a society that has lost any ability to incorporate the interesting, creative and eccentric people Picture Quote #1

In the largest scheme of things, just as no one has the right to tell us our true value, no one has the right to tell us what we truly owe Picture Quote #1

States created markets. Markets require states. Neither could continue without the other, at least, in anything like the forms we would recognize today Picture Quote #1

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Debt is the most effective way to take a relation of violent subordination and make the victims feel that it’s their fault. (David Graeber Quotes) Money has always been a particular problem for revolutionaries and anti-capitalists. What will money look like ‘after the revolution’? How will it function? Will it exist at all? It’s hard to answer the question if you don’t know what money actually is. Proposing to eliminate it entirely seems utopian and naive (David Graeber Quotes) It’s true that most American citizens think of themselves as living in a democratic country. But when was the last time that any Americans actually sat down and came to a collective decision? Maybe if they are ordering pizzas, but basically never (David Graeber Quotes) It affects every aspect of our lives, is often said to be the root of all evil, and the analysis of the world that it makes possible - what we call ‘the economy’ - is so important to us that economists have become the high priests of our society. Yet, oddly, there is absolutely no consensus among economists about what money really is (David Graeber Quotes) Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free (David Graeber Quotes) A debt... is just an exchange that has not been brought to completion (David Graeber Quotes) It is assumed in many parts of the world that democracy is a group of people facing a certain problem, who come together to solve it in a way where everyone has an equal say (David Graeber Quotes) It’s a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization (David Graeber Quotes) If you look at history, there seems to be a regular pattern: the country with the most powerful military also happens to be the one with the world trade currency. That gives them an enormous economic advantage, which causes goods to flow into their country (David Graeber Quotes) Consensus isn’t just about agreement. It’s about changing things around: You get a proposal, you work something out, people foresee problems, you do creative synthesis. At the end of it, you come up with something that everyone thinks is okay. Most people like it, and nobody hates it (David Graeber Quotes) There seems a general rule that, the more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it (David Graeber Quotes) I think if the general exodus that seems to be going on occurs it’s going to be a disaster, (David Graeber Quotes) What is debt anyway? A debt is just the perversion of a promise. It is a promise corrupted by both math and violence (David Graeber Quotes) Debt is the most effective way to take a relation of violent subordination and make the victims feel that it’s their fault (David Graeber Quotes) Anarchism and anthropology go well together because anthropologists know that a society without a state is possible because so many exist (David Graeber Quotes) Student loans are destroying the imagination of youth. If there’s a way of a society committing mass suicide, what better way than to take all the youngest, most energetic, creative, joyous people in your society and saddle them with, like $50,000 of debt so they have to be slaves? There goes your music. There goes your culture. There goes everything new that would pop out. And in a way, this is what’s happened to our society. We’re a society that has lost any ability to incorporate the interesting, creative and eccentric people (David Graeber Quotes) In the largest scheme of things, just as no one has the right to tell us our true value, no one has the right to tell us what we truly owe (David Graeber Quotes) States created markets. Markets require states. Neither could continue without the other, at least, in anything like the forms we would recognize today (David Graeber Quotes)