c/david-graeber
Lectures, interviews, and talks by David Graeber — anthropologist, anarchist, author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years, Bullshit Jobs, and The Dawn of Everything.
…history that's done more. We don't think of ourselves as a Washington bureaucracy. We do have another caller with a question. Rich, please go ahead. Hi, I'm interested in retired generals and retirees in particular. Right now in our national government, we…
…that's done more. But we don't think of ourselves as a Washington bureaucracy. We do have another caller with a question. Rich, please go ahead. Hi, I'm interested in retired generals and retirees in particular. Right now in our national government, we seem…
…I discovered, and this is one of the things that really came through if you look at the history of debt, is that Rich people can be astoundingly understanding, forgiving, kind when dealing with each other. It's just when you owe a debt to them, suddenly…
…difference between debts between equals and debts between rich people and poor people. Debts between the rich and each other. Rich people can be incredibly generous and forgiving and understanding when dealing with other rich people, just as poor people can…
…lend money to my brother, perhaps, I might want to give it to him, but I just want him not to be embarrassed. Rich people, in turn, when they have debts with one another, they can be amazingly generous, amazingly forgiving when dealing with other rich…
…there slack-jawed. And the middle class are the people, essentially, whose life is entirely dependent on stability and time. Rich, powerful people live in history. Everything's flexible. Poor people can't really plan ahead because their lives are too…
…other people's emotions and understanding what they're feeling. That's because it's actually the job of people to take care of others. Rich people just don't have to think about what other people are thinking. They don't care, literally. So I think we need…