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David Graeber Institute
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A platform for projects related to David Graeber’s legacy, developing his ideas and projects that will take on a life of their own, continuing and contributing to his work. https://davidgraeber.institute
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 4d
On Friday, we will host a discussion with Michael Hudson, Steve Keen and Ann Pettifor.

The topic will be Debt, Empire and the Future.

It will be streamed on our Youtube channel. Here is the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLAT...
Michael Hudson in Conversation with Steve Keen & Ann Pettifor
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Martin @kameraten.bsky.social · 1h
Really worth reading the full essay.

Graeber argues that capitalism didn’t replace slavery -- it rebranded it. A key mistake of the mode-of-production model was reducing “production” to making things instead of also producing people and social relations that constitute social reproduction.
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 6h
Modern capitalism has more in common with Feudalism and the oldstyle slave-system than most people realize.

From: davidgraeber.org/articles/tur...
"In the case of slave mode of production, the exploiters directly own the primary producers; in feudalism, both have complex relations to the land, but the lords use direct jural-political means to extract a surplus; in capitalism, the exploiters own the means of production and the primary producers are thus reduced to selling their labor power. The state, in each case, is essentially an apparatus of coercion that backs up these property rights by force." . - David Graeber
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 6h
Modern capitalism has more in common with Feudalism and the oldstyle slave-system than most people realize.

From: davidgraeber.org/articles/tur...
"In the case of slave mode of production, the exploiters directly own the primary producers; in feudalism, both have complex relations to the land, but the lords use direct jural-political means to extract a surplus; in capitalism, the exploiters own the means of production and the primary producers are thus reduced to selling their labor power. The state, in each case, is essentially an apparatus of coercion that backs up these property rights by force." . - David Graeber
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 20h
This Friday!

Come along to the livestream!
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 4d
On Friday, we will host a discussion with Michael Hudson, Steve Keen and Ann Pettifor.

The topic will be Debt, Empire and the Future.

It will be streamed on our Youtube channel. Here is the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLAT...
Michael Hudson in Conversation with Steve Keen & Ann Pettifor
YouTube video by Institute of David Graeber
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 1d
BOOK! For those interested in diving deeper into David Graeber's work.

'The Ultimate Hidden Truth Of The World,' is a collection of essays by David Graeber that was published in 2024.

The book is edited and introduced by @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social
BOOK! For those interested in diving deeper into David Graeber's work. 'The Ultimate Hidden Truth Of The World,' is a collection of essays by David Graeber that was published in 2024. The book is edited and introduced by @nikadubrovsky
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 3d
Yes.
“Everyday we wake up and collectively make a world together; but which one of us, left to our own devices, would ever decide they wanted to make a world like this one?” — David Graeber, “Bullshit Jobs: A Theory”
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 3d
Do you have any more details from the event. Was there are recording?
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Thomas Frampton @tframpton.bsky.social · 3d
Found this old poster going through old files from college.

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Old timey boxing poster repurposed to announce debate/conversation between David Graeber and Michael Denning.
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 3d
Yes.
“Everyday we wake up and collectively make a world together; but which one of us, left to our own devices, would ever decide they wanted to make a world like this one?” — David Graeber, “Bullshit Jobs: A Theory”
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 4d
"The colonized is indebted to the colonizer for being colonized."

David Graeber speaks about the brutality of Debt in history.
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 4d
"The colonized is indebted to the colonizer for being colonized."

David Graeber speaks about the brutality of Debt in history.
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 5d
One of the biggest Thatcherite myths is that Capitalism and a society with markets are the same thing.

David Graeber pointed out this is not historically true.
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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 4d
watching all the protest frog photos snd posters (great work @ryancordell.org and co!) i think probably folks would find this 2007 easy by David Graeber worth reading. to my old self there's not a lot of distance between an inflatable frog and a giant puppet
On the Phenomenology of Giant Puppets Broken windows, imaginary jars of urine, and the cosmological role of the police in American culture
What follows is an essay of interpretation. It is about direct action in North America, about the mass mobilizations organized by the so called “anti-globalization movement”, and especially, about the...
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 4d
On Friday, we will host a discussion with Michael Hudson, Steve Keen and Ann Pettifor.

The topic will be Debt, Empire and the Future.

It will be streamed on our Youtube channel. Here is the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLAT...
Michael Hudson in Conversation with Steve Keen & Ann Pettifor
YouTube video by Institute of David Graeber
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 5d
Full talk here from David Graeber:

youtu.be/9f9H1dm5qMQ
Is Capitalism Part of the Answer? - 04 - David Graeber speaks
YouTube video by Occupy the London Stock Exchange
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 5d
One of the biggest Thatcherite myths is that Capitalism and a society with markets are the same thing.

David Graeber pointed out this is not historically true.
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 5d
If you have any questions that you would like ask about Debt, Empire and the Future, you can post them here on Bsky, and we will pass them on to our guests.
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Museum of Care @museumofcare.bsky.social · 5d
Livestreamed on the David Graeber Institute youtube channel, there will be a talk with our guests about Debt, Empire and the Future.

Come along and get your questions ready for the event!

October 17th.
Michael Hudson, Steve Keen and Ann Pettifor
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 8d
David Graeber on the police.

From an interview he gave a few years ago with the Scottish publication called Bella Caledonia. davidgraeber.org/interviews/t...
"The police don’t actually end up spending their time fighting violent criminals. Instead, they enforce administrative regulations and endless rules. So rather than protecting us against violence, police actually bring the threat of violence into situations where it would have never occurred otherwise. Most incidents of violence —domestic violence, a drunken brawl, or gang fights— the police don’t get involved. On the other hand, try driving down the street with no license plates: how long will it be before you are surrounded by people with weapons." - David Graeber
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 8d
David Graeber on the police.

From an interview he gave a few years ago with the Scottish publication called Bella Caledonia. davidgraeber.org/interviews/t...
"The police don’t actually end up spending their time fighting violent criminals. Instead, they enforce administrative regulations and endless rules. So rather than protecting us against violence, police actually bring the threat of violence into situations where it would have never occurred otherwise. Most incidents of violence —domestic violence, a drunken brawl, or gang fights— the police don’t get involved. On the other hand, try driving down the street with no license plates: how long will it be before you are surrounded by people with weapons." - David Graeber
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 8d
If you want to read the full piece, you can here at our website:

davidgraeber.org/articles/a-p...
A practical utopians guide to the coming collapse
What is a revolution? We used to think we knew. Revolutions were seizures of power by pop- ular forces aiming to transform the very nature of the political, social, and economic system in the country ...
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 8d
One of David Graeber's most interesting pieces was from 2013 called - 'A practical utopians guide to the coming collapse.'

Here is an extract.
"What would happen if we stopped acting as if the primordial form of work is laboring at a production line, or wheat field, or iron foundry, or even in an office cubicle, and instead started from a mother, a teacher, or a caregiver? . We might be forced to conclude that the real business of human life is not contributing toward something called the economy but the fact that we are all, and have always been, projects of mutual creation." . - David Graeber
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 8d
One of David Graeber's most interesting pieces was from 2013 called - 'A practical utopians guide to the coming collapse.'

Here is an extract.
"What would happen if we stopped acting as if the primordial form of work is laboring at a production line, or wheat field, or iron foundry, or even in an office cubicle, and instead started from a mother, a teacher, or a caregiver? . We might be forced to conclude that the real business of human life is not contributing toward something called the economy but the fact that we are all, and have always been, projects of mutual creation." . - David Graeber
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 9d
Always worth stopping to think about what Noam Chomsky has to say.
“Capitalism has always been a system of class war, one in which the rich and powerful fight an unending battle to control society and its institutions.” . - Noam Chomsky
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 10d
Yes
"Say what you like about nurses, garbage collectors, or mechanics, it’s obvious that were they to vanish in a puff of smoke, the results would be immediate & catastrophic. A world without teachers or dock-workers would soon be in trouble, and even one without science fiction writers or ska musicians would clearly be a lesser place. It’s not entirely clear how humanity would suffer were all private equity CEOs, lobbyists, PR researchers, actuaries, telemarketers, bailiffs or legal consultants to similarly vanish - many suspect it might markedly improve." - David Graeber
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 10d
"Cancel all student loan debt? But that would be unfair to all those people who struggled for years to pay back their student loans! Let me assure the reader that, as someone who struggled for years to pay back his student loans and finally did so, this argument makes about as much sense as saying it would be unfair to a mugging victim not to mug their neighbors too." - David Graeber
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 10d
Thanks always for your contributions on here and on Twitter.

They are interesting and give a nice addition to the debate.
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