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title: "11 Ifs Quotes By David Graeber"
description: "11 Ifs quotes by David Graeber. Plus more from David Graeber and more Ifs sayings from other authors."
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> [Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/direct-action-is-ultimately-the-defiant-insistence-on-acting-as-if/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

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> [I think if the general exodus that seems to be going on occurs it's going to be a disaster,.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/i-think-if-the-general-exodus-that-seems-to-be-going-on-occurs-it-s/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

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> [One of the fairly interesting things about money is that it makes certain things possible that wouldn't be possible otherwise - it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/one-of-the-fairly-interesting-things-about-money-is-that-it-makes/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

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> [If you imagine that everything is an exchange, then we're supposed to just transact and walk away. If we haven't walked away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/if-you-imagine-that-everything-is-an-exchange-then-we-re-supposed-to/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

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> [If you want to minimize the possibility of unexpected breakthroughs, tell people they will receive no resources at all unless they spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/if-you-want-to-minimize-the-possibility-of-unexpected-breakthroughs/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/david-graeber-4667_breakthrough_if-you-want-to-minimize-the-possibility_801390.png)

> [Capitalism is like this fractal thing where anything that contains an element of capitalism anywhere inside it is just something that turns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/capitalism-is-like-this-fractal-thing-where-anything-that-contains-an/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/149/david-graeber-4667_attitude_capitalism-is-like-this-fractal-thing-wh_3201521.png)

> [You would think that if neoliberals were in any way honest, after the collapse of the Soviet Union the first thing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/you-would-think-that-if-neoliberals-were-in-any-way-honest-after-the/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

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> [We need each other to do things that we can't do for ourselves. If we are intimately connected with each other, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/we-need-each-other-to-do-things-that-we-can-t-do-for-ourselves-if-we/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/david-graeber-4667_ability_we-need-each-other-to-do-things-that-we_340944.jpg)

> [Student loans are destroying the imagination of youth. If there’s a way of a society committing mass suicide, what better way than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/student-loans-are-destroying-the-imagination-of-youth-if-there-s-a/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ac/david-graeber-4667_ability_student-loans-are-destroying-the-imagina_2613069.png)

> [The notion that a society could be regulated entirely by market forces is a utopian fantasy: an impossible dream generated by imagining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/the-notion-that-a-society-could-be-regulated-entirely-by-market/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

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> [The fascinating thing about standard economic stories is exactly that: they assume that everybody wants that kind of closure. That all human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/the-fascinating-thing-about-standard-economic-stories-is-exactly-that/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by David Graeber

> [People don't have an ongoing relation unless it's a form of debt because everything is an exchange, so ongoing relationships are incomplete exchanges, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/people-don-t-have-an-ongoing-relation-unless-it-s-a-form-of-debt/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

> [I would like, then, to end by putting in a good word for the non-industrious poor. At least they aren’t hurting anyone. Insofar as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/i-would-like-then-to-end-by-putting-in-a-good-word-for-the-non/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

> [“But if Smith was right, and gold and silver became money through the natural workings of the market completely independently of governments, then wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/but-if-smith-was-right-and-gold-and-silver-became-money-through-the/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

> [“A revolution on a world scale will take a very long time. But it is also possible to recognize that it is already starting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/a-revolution-on-a-world-scale-will-take-a-very-long-time-but-it-is/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

> [“money has no essence. It's not "really" anything; therefore, its nature has always been and presumably always will be a matter of political conten­tion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/money-has-no-essence-it-s-not-really-anything-therefore-its-nature/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

> [We don't live in a capitalist totality. Capitalism couldn't survive as a totality anyway. We live in this complex system and we already live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/we-don-t-live-in-a-capitalist-totality-capitalism-couldn-t-survive-as/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

> [“About the only thing we can imagine is catastrophe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/about-the-only-thing-we-can-imagine-is-catastrophe/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

> [The working poor are the people suffering out subprime mortgages and fatal loans and more and more of our money - you know, capitalism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/the-working-poor-are-the-people-suffering-out-subprime-mortgages-and/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

> [“Solitary pleasures will always exist, but for most human beings, the most pleasurable activities almost always involve sharing something: music, food, liquor, drugs, gossip,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/solitary-pleasures-will-always-exist-but-for-most-human-beings-the/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

> [“IMF is really designed to protect creditors not debtors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/imf-is-really-designed-to-protect-creditors-not-debtors/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

> [“The criminalization of debt, then, was the criminalization of the very basis of human society. It cannot be overemphasized that in a small community,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/the-criminalization-of-debt-then-was-the-criminalization-of-the-very/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

> [If you imagine that everything is an exchange, then we're supposed to just transact and walk away. If we haven't walked away and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/if-you-imagine-that-everything-is-an-exchange-then-we-re-supposed-to/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

> [“As Pierre Bourdieu was later to point out in describing a similar economy of trust in contemporary Algeria: it’s quite possible to turn honor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/as-pierre-bourdieu-was-later-to-point-out-in-describing-a-similar/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

> [ \[A\] great embarrassing fact… haunts all attempts to represent the market as the highest form of human freedom: that historically, impersonal, commercial markets originate… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/a-great-embarrassing-fact-haunts-all-attempts-to-represent-the-market/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

> [“As the events of 2011 reveal, the age of revolutions is by no means over. The human imagination stubbornly refuses to die. And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-graeber/as-the-events-of-2011-reveal-the-age-of-revolutions-is-by-no-means/)

[David Graeber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-graeber/)

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