Twitter was David’s public platform and tools for practicing a new language – clear and understandable for everyone, it was a space where he made friends and enemies.

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Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:35

RT @davidgraeber: @SamuraiElf after the meeting, everyone remembered her as the most dedicated anti-racist & no one noticed she hadn’t help…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:34

RT @davidgraeber: @SamuraiElf many of the rich ones didn’t throw in a penny, but one indignantly called out one of the working class activi…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:34

RT @davidgraeber: @SamuraiElf it also goes along with a class habitus that prioritises words over action. My ex, Erica, always cited a meet…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:29

RT @Esteft: Biggest liar and yet shameless PM in history #BorisHasFailedUK Document details new Irish Sea customs checks that Boris Johnso…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:27

RT @luckyma_man: The future’s looking bright. #BorisHasFailedUK #BrexitBritain https://t.co/4kgSIAjMsY

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:22

RT @JessicaYogini: @davidgraeber @xuholland Add in the effect of marinating in advertising for over a century now. Much advertising taps in…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:19

@JanneRantala10 @fake__monkey yes, it would be quite interesting to make the comparison. It is clear that self-conscious movements in the name of “equality” – that is, the idea that people should be, in certain crucial respects, the same, or treated in the same way – do appear in any number of times & places.

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:16

@fake__monkey @JanneRantala10 Fwiw, most Muslims I know object to phrases like “Medieval Islam” and think the term “Medieval” should be confined to Europe

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:13

@DogfoxStudios @girlziplocked the resulting tendency to prioritise judgments on internal moral states for political analysis seems to have taken hold in the US much more strongly than anywhere else, & it’s hard to see where else this would be coming from. I’m open to suggestions!

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:08

@DogfoxStudios @girlziplocked my main point was puritan sensibilities in that very broadest sense, the spirit of competition to establish one is the most aware of one’s state of inherent sinfulness … this is one strain existing in Christianity from very early on, but only one

Thu 2 Jul 2020 13:06

@DogfoxStudios @girlziplocked agree about Quakers; perhaps focusing on the Abolitionists as origin was problematic, but “social activism” in the US traces back to puritan origins & sensibilities, & those who were heirs to the puritans did take over Abolitionism soon enough

Thu 2 Jul 2020 12:37

@JanneRantala10 @fake__monkey the authors survey all major European languages iirc – but anyway, most texts at the time were written in Latin https://t.co/hXxQcKFeIr

Thu 2 Jul 2020 12:35

RT @metalsaruman: “Feminists have long since pointed out that those on the bottom of any unequal social arrangement tend to think about, an…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 12:34

@Bivver5 @EESprite @leftyjew what about all those people who said they’d vote Trump or Sanders but never Biden?

Thu 2 Jul 2020 10:56

RT @shcc22: From 6 years ago by @davidgraeber… I wonder if yesterday’s strike by the Brazilian delivery app drivers is the spark of a res…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 10:44

there are some statues and monuments worth preserving here’s a series of them in Germany: #almostallmonumentsmustfall https://t.co/ZawdG2ILHY

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Thu 2 Jul 2020 10:40

RT @celticmaid4: @MaxBlumenthal @noamchomskyT @ChrisLynnHedges @davidgraeber @CraigMurrayOrg @georgegalloway @GeorgeMonbiot @BylineTimes ht…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 10:40

RT @notmobydick: @elliot_sperber @davidgraeber Check out @BueRubner’s text on “batshit jobs” for a great twist on Graeber’s concept: https:…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 10:39

RT @beyondfreefall: @davidgraeber when did a #storyteller become an actual job in PR and marketing?! https://t.co/ETDaSTssd4

Thu 2 Jul 2020 10:39

RT @AgathoniaMedia: “As co-workers began to get sick, essential worker Yudelka LaVigna took an unpaid leave of absence. When she got her un…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 10:38

@OneVenusThrow yeah except the silly editors changed “solidarity used as a scourge” to “solidarity viewed as a scourge” which is a completely different statement.

Thu 2 Jul 2020 10:38

RT @OneVenusThrow: Why #solidarity has come to be viewed as a scourge “There is a reason why the ultimate bourgeois virtue is thrift,& the…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 10:36

RT @MeganMWo: Relatedly, @davidgraeber on finding an anti-racism that doesn’t look like puritanical tent revivals for white people: https:/…

Thu 2 Jul 2020 10:35

RT @aaronmtrent: @ceodonovan “Bullshit Jobs: A Theory” by David Graeber is worth a read. If Americans’ sense of self-worth weren’t so tight…