From What is Debt - An Interview with Economic Anthropologist David Graeber:
And, I might add, if Aristotle were around today, I very much doubt he would think that the distinction between renting yourself or members of your family out to work and selling yourself or members of your family to work was more than a legal nicety. He’d probably conclude that most Americans were, for all intents and purposes, slaves.
A slave does not get Employee of the Month. That is one difference.
Some employees would much prefer to be slave of the month.
Posted by: Tom Matrullo | August 31, 2011 at 12:20 AM
Submissive of the Month, in Wealth Bondage. Can a middle manager win it? A President? You bet! No matter how many minions you have, and no matter how domineering you are, "We all have to serve somebody," if Freedom is to prevail. Unless you serve, you can't be a Leader.
Posted by: Phil Cubeta | August 31, 2011 at 03:35 PM
Graeber was one the boots-on-the-ground organizers of Occupy Wall Street. Has since moved on to Occupy Austin, and is probably the closest thing to an identifiable leader this anarchist movement has had.
Posted by: Chief Poe | October 11, 2011 at 07:04 PM
Thanks for the heads up.
Posted by: Phil Cubeta | October 11, 2011 at 09:17 PM
He was there early on -
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20111003154031
Posted by: Tom Matrullo | October 11, 2011 at 09:22 PM
I miss Joe Bageant.
I'm thinking he would have been there (certainly in spirit), and I'd love to read what he might have written
Posted by: Jon Husband | October 12, 2011 at 02:47 AM
I miss his voice and presence too. His views on the 99% would drole. Deer Hunters for Jesus go to Wall Street.
Posted by: Phil Cubeta | October 14, 2011 at 04:37 PM
"Most of the real organizing at Occupy Wall Street happens face-to-face, according to David Graeber, who was one of the earliest organizers. "We did some practical work on [the email list] at first—I think that's where I first proposed the "we are the 99%" motto—but mainly it's just an expressive forum," he wrote in an email. "No one would seriously discuss a plan to do something covert or dangerous on such a list."
http://gawker.com/5850054/meet-the-guy-who-snitched-on-occupy-wall-street-to-the-fbi-and-nypd
Posted by: dial 99999 | October 15, 2011 at 08:09 PM