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That was a tiny quote from an evidence-laden argument. Google Books sometimes doesn't show this in incognito mode: (https://books.google.com/books?id=99E4aIjgry
by calibraxis 11y ago
That was a tiny quote from an evidence-laden argument. Google Books sometimes doesn't show this in incognito mode: (https://books.google.com/books?id=99E4aIjgryoC&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=graeber+Why+do+conservatives+insist+that+democracy+was+invented+in+ancient+Greece,+and+that+it+is+somehow+inherent+in+what+they+call&source=bl https://books.google.com/books?id=99E4aIjgryoC&pg=PA183&lpg=...)
The reason why soundbites win is because, "The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."
- return0 11y agoReading some pages.. the author seems to be a purist who things terms such as "the west" or "democracy" are problematic because they don't agree with his idea of them. It's also very US-centric. It's worse than i thought...