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chapter 4 ‘Debt – the first 5000 years’ – David Graeber Debt – The First 5000 Years essay text book pdf audio lecture video interview video We will buy the poor for silver, theneedy for a pair of sandals.-Amos 2:6 THE READER MAY have noticed that there is an unresolved debatebetween those who see moneyContinue reading “cruelty and redemption”

All Possums Go to Heaven @AndyinDC1 =================================================== (1) On misleading capitalist propaganda.(2) On Trumpism as a Ghost Dance.(3) On Gramsci and cultural hegemony.(4) On the Enlightenment.(5) On the “democracy is mob rule” crowd.(6) On the use and abuse of the term “freedom.”(7) On John Locke as a propagandist for the propertied class.(8) On the historyContinue reading “9 threads on propaganda, poverty, the Enlightenment etc”

All Possums Go to Heaven @AndyinDC1 (1) On the question of the permanence of ownership.(2) On the nature of private property.(3) On the nature of ownership.(4) On ownership.(5) On the use and abuse of “private” property.(6) On private property, again. =================================================== (1) On the question of the permanence of ownership. twitter I’m fascinated by theContinue reading “6 threads on property”

All Possums Go to Heaven @AndyinDC1 =================================================== (1) On work. (2) On the industriousness of children and the misery of work. =================================================== (1) On work. twitter Last week, I went on a trip to the beach with my kids. I built a sand castle. It was a lot of work! (I build big sand castles.)Continue reading “2 threads on work”

tony pancake @tony_pancaketwitter here are some unfair initial thoughts on this article by william gillis The Organic Emergence of Property from Reputation text gillis is a “left-wing market anarchist” and in this article he is arguing a number of things, but the title is mostly accurate to the main claim: he defends the simple descriptiveContinue reading “on William Gillis’ “The Organic Emergence of Property from Reputation””

All Possums Go to Heaven @AndyinDC1 ===================================================(1) On feudalism.(2) On enclosure.(3) On Thomas Paine and Enclosure.(4) On primitive accumulation, enclosure, and capitalism.(5) On guest right, mobility, and the freedom to leave. =================================================== (1) On feudalism. twitter I regularly encounter deep misconceptions about feudalism on this hellsite. Mostly from righties, but also sometimes tankies, who celebrateContinue reading “5 threads on feudalism, enclosure and guesting”

All Possums Go to Heaven @AndyinDC1 “In medieval Europe…the concept of a standing professional police force was virtually unknown. Instead, communities were organized so that they were all responsible for keeping the peace.” On a world without police text It’s easy to take for granted our current model of policing as self-evidently natural. It’s allContinue reading “On the social construction of policing”

All Possums Go to Heaven @AndyinDC1 & Don Salmon @dijonitwitter thread Do you ever see this chart? People are fond of whipping this out to show how AWESOME capitalism is by totally WRECKING POVERTY. It seems hard to argue with it! A system that could achieve good like this, even if it has problems, wouldContinue reading “On misleading capitalist propaganda”