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Seems like there's a lot of discontent people who really enjoy it when someone starts calling everything around them bullshit. Graeber's ideas/books with respe
by staunton 3y ago
Seems like there's a lot of discontent people who really enjoy it when someone starts calling everything around them bullshit.
Graeber's ideas/books with respect to "bullshit" are themselves cynical bullshit written as a kind of joke for maximum controversy. I'm sure he had a lot of fun though, being invited to speak and tell people all their work is bullshit...
- drooby 3y agoGraeber's book hits a nerve with people because I think it touches upon a real problem that people are feeling: "Why am I working so much, doing so little, and getting so little in return? What's the point? Life should be more fulfilling, considering how wealthy our society is." It _feels_ like bullshit. Unfortunately, his book is essentially a long and unscientific blog post that builds upon weak arguments and arm chair philosophy. The irony is that his book seems to be an example of the problem.
- staunton 3y agoAgreed on all points. I also don't see anything that contradicts what I said, though you phrased some of it better than me. The issue is that this feeling people have isn't really related much to Graeber's objective claims.