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I had no idea how common slavery was used by patriarchs to settle debts until I read "Debt: The First 5000 Years". Graeber's death is tragic.
by say_it_as_it_is 6y ago
I had no idea how common slavery was used by patriarchs to settle debts until I read "Debt: The First 5000 Years". Graeber's death is tragic.
- thundergolfer 6y agoThat stuff went off like a depth-charge in my brain. The idea that it would only become possible for humans to be treated as property once they were wrenched from their community and severed from their social context is profound. Amazing, amazing book.