Aristotle [would] probably conclude most Americans, for all intents and purposes, are slaves. — David Graeber Copy Share Image
States created markets. Markets require states. Neither could continue without the other, at least, in anything like the forms we would recognize… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
There seems a general rule that, the more obviously one’s work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
I think if the general exodus that seems to be going on occurs it's going to be a disaster,. — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“What if freedom were the ability to make up our minds about what it was we wished to pursue, with whom we… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
In the largest scheme of things, just as no one has the right to tell us our true value, no one has… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
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… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
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… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“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… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“A revolution on a world scale will take a very long time. But it is also possible to recognize that it is already starting… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“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.” — David Graeber Copy Share Image
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… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
The working poor are the people suffering out subprime mortgages and fatal loans and more and more of our money - you know, capitalism… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“Solitary pleasures will always exist, but for most human beings, the most pleasurable activities almost always involve sharing something: music, food, liquor, drugs, gossip,… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
“The criminalization of debt, then, was the criminalization of the very basis of human society. It cannot be overemphasized that in a small community,… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
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… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
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