▲ 531 ▼ Know your genocide apologists (media.kbin.social) submitted 3 years ago by PugJesus@kbin.social to c/noncredibledefense@lemmy.world 278 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sudneo@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) human nature Every time I read someone expressing this view, I feel like encouraging to read something from Graeber, for example "Debt". Not for the discussion on debt itself, but mostly for the different ways societies were organized over millennia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) Ok. I encourage you to read Animal Farm, it's probably a lot less boring than this Graeber guy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sudneo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Orwell wrote a critique of modern society, soviet Stalinist society in particular, in animal farm. It's not an anthropology book, it's political satire that came from a socialist (!). I am not sure your induction that it applies to all humans under every circumstance was therefore intended by the author (lord of the flies might be a much better example in this case). Graeber is actually far for boring, and as an anthropologist his writing tend to be a bit more general. Either way, of course I've read Animal Farm. permalink fedilink source parent [+] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) Ok. I encourage you to read Animal Farm, it's probably a lot less boring than this Graeber guy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sudneo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Orwell wrote a critique of modern society, soviet Stalinist society in particular, in animal farm. It's not an anthropology book, it's political satire that came from a socialist (!). I am not sure your induction that it applies to all humans under every circumstance was therefore intended by the author (lord of the flies might be a much better example in this case). Graeber is actually far for boring, and as an anthropologist his writing tend to be a bit more general. Either way, of course I've read Animal Farm. permalink fedilink source parent [+] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sudneo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Orwell wrote a critique of modern society, soviet Stalinist society in particular, in animal farm. It's not an anthropology book, it's political satire that came from a socialist (!). I am not sure your induction that it applies to all humans under every circumstance was therefore intended by the author (lord of the flies might be a much better example in this case). Graeber is actually far for boring, and as an anthropologist his writing tend to be a bit more general. Either way, of course I've read Animal Farm. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
