In this video, we dive deep into David Graeber's groundbreaking book, "Debt: The First 5,000 Years." We'll shatter the foundational myth of barter, uncovering the real history of how early human societies organized their economies – not through constant swapping, but through complex systems of mutual aid and "everyday communism." We'll explore the concept of "primordial debt," revealing how our earliest understandings of obligation were rooted in the sacred, not the economic.
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Debt, Violence, and the State: David…
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In this video, we dive deep into David Graeber's groundbreaking book, "Debt: The First 5,000 Years." We'll shatter the foundational myth of barter, uncovering the real history of how early human societies organized their economies – not through constant swapping, but through complex systems of mutual aid and "everyday communism." We'll explore the concept of "primordial debt," revealing how our earliest understandings of obligation were rooted in the sacred, not the economic.