David Graeber
An anarchist anthropologist known for his work on debt, bureaucracy, and the history of money, and his activism in the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Quotes by David Graeber
Stories are the most basic form of magic.
To challenge a paradigm, you have to show that something has been left out.
The essence of bureaucracy is to make the impossible possible by ignoring reality.
Debt jubilee is not a fantasy; it's a historical reality.
Humans are social beings, and society is what we make it.
The real question is not why some people have less, but why so many have so much.
Imagination is the real revolutionary force.
Bullshit is everywhere, but it's the jobs that institutionalize it.
Value is not inherent; it's created through social relations.
The state is a fiction we all agree to believe in.
Happiness is not found in possessions, but in meaningful action.
Anthropologists study what makes us human, which is everything we do together.
The future is a collective creation.
Laughter is the best form of rebellion.
Debt creates moral obligations that bind societies.
Rebellion starts with small acts of defiance.
The universe is made of stories, not atoms.
Work that doesn't matter destroys the soul.
Economics should be about human flourishing, not profit.
Anarchy is order without coercion.