Within A Capitalist Corporation, Someone Says, "lend Me A Wrench," And Someone Asks, "yeah, What Do I Get?" You Assume That The Idea Of Each According To His Or Her Abilities, Each According To His Or Her Needs - In Solving A Problem - Is Actually The Only Thing That Works. And In Situations Of Disaster, There Are Often Communistic Notions Of Improvisation, Where You Basically Exchange Hierarchies And All Of A Sudden All Those Things That Are Luxuries That You Can't Afford, You Have Them In An Emergency.

-David Graeber

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Within A Capitalist Corporation, Someone Says, "lend

David Graeber

Within A Capitalist Corporation, Someone Says, "lend Me A Wrench," And Someone Asks, "yeah, What Do I Get?" You Assume That The Idea Of Each According To His Or Her Abilities, Each According To His Or Her Needs - In Solving A Problem - Is Actually The Only Thing That Works. And In Situations Of Disaster, There Are Often Communistic Notions Of Improvisation, Where You Basically Exchange Hierarchies And All Of A Sudden All Those Things That Are Luxuries That You Can't Afford, You Have Them In An Emergency.

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Ideas

Luxury

Needs

The Fascinating Thing About Standard Economic Stories Is Exactly That: They Assume That Everybody Wants That Kind Of Closure. That All Human Relations Are Forms Of Exchange, Because If Everything Is An Exchange Then It's True That We're Both Equals. We Walk Up, I Give You Something, You Give Me Something, And We Walk Away. Or I Give You Something, You Don't Give Me Something Right Now, And You Owe Me. So If We Have Any Ongoing Relationships At All, It's Because Somebody Is In Debt.

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Ongoing