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Hm. Not sure I understand. Can you elaborate? I remember Graeber making the point that some of the indigenous cultures of North America differed from us in tha
by leobg 4y ago
Hm. Not sure I understand. Can you elaborate?
I remember Graeber making the point that some of the indigenous cultures of North America differed from us in that wealth did never mean power over other people. Whereas, in our society, many people seek wealth precisely as a means to that end. That’s what your quote reminded me of, and it seems to me that Elon Musk, even though he’s the richest person on earth, actually cares surprisingly little about power over people, and that that’s a thing many people don’t “get” about him.
- wahnfrieden 4y agosorry tapping out of this thread but the short of it is that I think people act to serve their own class interests and that that trumps whatever one might know about anthropology