Nostr notes by David Graeber Institute

When David Graeber warned Labour not to abandon its principles, ...

2026-05-07T22:06:03Z

When David Graeber warned Labour not to abandon its principles, give up socialism and become a Centrist Party, he was ignored and even mocked by the Labour-Right.

But his prediction that abandoning socialism would ruin the party was correct, and history has proven David to be right.

Sometimes it is not complicated. ...

2026-05-07T17:31:22Z

Sometimes it is not complicated.

"Human beings are projects of mutual creation. Most of the ...

2026-05-07T00:40:15Z

"Human beings are projects of mutual creation. Most of the work we do is on each other. The working classes just do a disproportionate share of that work.

They are the caring classes, and always have been. It is just the incessant demonisation directed at the poor by those who benefit from their caring work that makes it difficult, to acknowledge it."

- David Graeber

We could easily feed, house and provide healthcare to everyone ...

2026-05-07T00:11:59Z

We could easily feed, house and provide healthcare to everyone many times over.

Overpopulation arguments ignore the elephant in the room, which is the unequal distribution and consumption of resources.

The earth can support billions, but it cannot support billionaires.

Happy Birthday to Sir David Attenborough who turns 100 years old ...

2026-05-03T02:59:55Z

Happy Birthday to Sir David Attenborough who turns 100 years old this week.

He is someone whose words we should all stop and think about.

From David Graeber's book, Utopia of Rules. ...

2026-05-02T22:45:49Z

From David Graeber's book, Utopia of Rules.

Under modern capitalism, new technology that should be used to ...

2026-05-01T19:08:42Z

Under modern capitalism, new technology that should be used to shorten the workweek and make life easier for people, instead is used to throw workers out of jobs, boost stock prices and to enrich billionaires.

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2026-05-01T00:34:52Z

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2026-04-30T22:21:01Z

A reminder for today that all the aspects of our economic system ...

2026-04-29T04:16:46Z

A reminder for today that all the aspects of our economic system are made up and we can have a new and better system if we want.

It does not have to be this way.

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2026-04-22T15:18:39Z

If people spend most of their money on Rent or paying Debts, then ...

2026-03-30T02:09:46Z

If people spend most of their money on Rent or paying Debts, then they won't have much money for food, for pubs, clothes, to go to concerts etc.....

Even if you believe in Capitalism, surely you must admit that the current system is not working.

In Central London, you have some of the most expensive properties ...

2026-03-27T20:30:41Z

In Central London, you have some of the most expensive properties in the world, alongside many people sleeping in tents.

This helps to understand what Yanis Varoufakis means by Techno-Feudalism.

Modern Capitalism resemble Feudalism now for than ever. ...

2026-03-26T16:05:20Z

Modern Capitalism resemble Feudalism now for than ever.

Agree or disagree, we need to be discussing Universal Basic ...

2026-03-25T15:58:23Z

Agree or disagree, we need to be discussing Universal Basic Income.

It is too important of a subject just to scroll past.

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2026-03-08T22:31:22Z

"Imagining a world with no bullshit jobs" ...

2026-03-04T17:06:28Z

"Imagining a world with no bullshit jobs"

https://davidgraeber.org/interviews/imagining-a-world-with-no-bullshit-jobs/

He said this back in 2020. ...

2026-03-03T02:12:16Z

He said this back in 2020.

Giant Puppets Protesting ICE in Minneapolis. ...

2026-01-12T02:17:18Z

Giant Puppets Protesting ICE in Minneapolis.

We could house everyone. We could feed everyone. We could care ...

2025-11-30T00:47:54Z

We could house everyone. We could feed everyone. We could care for everyone. We could build devices designed to last as long as possible. We could align our manufacturing around the needs of the people and the planet.

We materially have the resources to do so.

That's why leftists are so angry. The resources we need to build a world everyone can thrive in literally already exist. We are just using them mostly to pamper the rich or murder the poor.

Neo-Liberalism, Trickle-down economics, Thatcherism or whatever ...

2025-11-16T00:31:57Z

Neo-Liberalism, Trickle-down economics, Thatcherism or whatever you call it really has more in common with fundamentalist religion than anything else.

Neo-Liberalism has transferred so much of our wealth to the ...

2025-10-26T01:31:00Z

Neo-Liberalism has transferred so much of our wealth to the Billionaire class while telling us its socialism that we should be afraid of.

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2025-10-12T16:38:50Z

Yes

Always worth stopping to think about what Noam Chomsky has to ...

2025-10-06T13:51:57Z

Always worth stopping to think about what Noam Chomsky has to say.

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2025-09-08T01:43:37Z

When buying an apartment is becoming impossible, we need to start ...

2025-08-28T15:05:57Z

When buying an apartment is becoming impossible, we need to start discussing what went wrong.

So much of this economic system now resembles Feudalism. ...

2025-08-19T13:52:28Z

So much of this economic system now resembles Feudalism.

The huge bureaucracy that exists in our system to make the poor ...

2025-08-19T13:18:01Z

The huge bureaucracy that exists in our system to make the poor feel bad about themselves would not be money and time wasted with UBI.

"Any system that reduces the world to numbers can only be ...

2025-08-12T20:39:17Z

"Any system that reduces
the world to numbers can
only be held in place by
weapons, whether these
are swords and clubs, or
nowadays, smart bombs
from unmanned drones.”

- David Graeber

“Everyday we wake up and collectively make a world together; ...

2025-08-08T19:01:40Z

“Everyday we wake up
and collectively make
a world together; but
which one of us, left to
our own devices, would
ever decide they wanted
to make a world like this
one?”

— David Graeber, “Bullshit Jobs: A Theory”

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2025-08-07T11:48:08Z

Instead of the daily stock market - we could have an indicator ...

2025-08-02T18:18:45Z

Instead of the daily stock market - we could have an indicator for the number of homeless people?

David Graeber always mentioned work is mostly about caring and ...

2025-07-29T20:56:15Z

David Graeber always mentioned work is mostly about caring and helping. Caring and helping others.

"In studying economic history, we tend to systematically ...

2025-07-16T08:44:26Z

"In studying economic history, we
tend to systematically ignore the
role of violence as well as the
absolutely central role that war
and slavery played in creating and
shaping the basic institutions of
what we now call ‘the economy.'

- David Graeber

With Neo-liberalism, people lost healthcare, housing is ...

2025-07-15T10:10:34Z

With Neo-liberalism, people lost healthcare, housing is unaffordable, debt ruins lives and Fascism emerges yet the media tells us its socialism that we should fear.

Shock Therapy was once used to cure patients. It always made the ...

2025-07-14T13:26:11Z

Shock Therapy was once used to cure patients. It always made the patient worse yet some 'experts' claimed the solution was even more shock therapy

Many economists now do the same saying the solution to Neo-Liberalism's decades of failure is even more Neo-Liberalism.

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2025-07-13T14:01:25Z

If privatisation, starving the poor and transferring more wealth ...

2025-07-11T12:47:08Z

If privatisation, starving the poor and transferring more wealth to the rich worked then the economy would be massively BOOMING!

We've been doing it for 40+ years and all its done is make everything worse. Only an idiot would think more neo-liberalism is the solution.

From David Graeber's 2013 piece - A practical utopians guide ...

2025-07-07T14:51:47Z

From David Graeber's 2013 piece - A practical utopians guide to the coming collapse

Right-Wing Libertarian Garbage Is Ruining The Economy! Prof Steve ...

2025-07-02T09:41:52Z

Right-Wing Libertarian Garbage Is Ruining The Economy!

Prof Steve Keen explains.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl5_uzh9DU8

Michael Hudson explains how "Financial Managers" took ...

2025-07-01T09:21:11Z

Michael Hudson explains how "Financial Managers" took away much of the independence of Global South countries via the use of DEBT!

Money that should have been spent to develop countries - went instead to the creditors of the debts!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEi4na4mfgk

Later today we are holding a talk about Debt! Steve Keen and ...

2025-06-30T09:28:52Z

Later today we are holding a talk about Debt!

Steve Keen and Michael Hudson will speak.

It'll be streamed live on our Youtube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/live/FAgj66zNB_w?si=_vknwZphO18YTqUS

It is the 99% v the 1% All the propaganda out there is to get all ...

2025-06-26T12:20:36Z

It is the 99% v the 1%

All the propaganda out there is to get all of us in the 99% to fight among each other so we don't unite to defeat the 1%.

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2025-06-21T10:08:08Z

From Bullshit Jobs, page 143. ...

2025-06-17T15:23:02Z

From Bullshit Jobs, page 143.

It is basically textbook how the police and media behave during ...

2025-06-10T21:04:06Z

It is basically textbook how the police and media behave during protest movements.

Concerning the Violent Peace-Police ...

2025-06-08T22:12:24Z

Concerning the Violent Peace-Police

https://davidgraeber.org/articles/concerning-the-violent-peace-police/

At some point, our society will need to stop ignoring this ...

2025-06-02T22:36:34Z

At some point, our society will need to stop ignoring this injustice.

From the intro to Bullshit Jobs. ...

2025-05-16T10:05:07Z

From the intro to Bullshit Jobs.

Despite what Eln Msk fans claim, what is interesting is that ...

2025-04-28T17:45:37Z

Despite what El*n M*sk fans claim, what is interesting is that financialization of public services has led to more bureaucracy and more admin.

It is a theme certainly worth diving deeper into.

Extract from a David Graeber called - Beyond Power / Knowledge ...

2025-04-22T15:04:23Z

Extract from a David Graeber called - Beyond Power / Knowledge exploration of the relation of power, ignorance and stupidity.

You can read the full paper here: https://davidgraeber.org/papers/beyond-power-knowledge-exploration-of-the-relation-of-power-ignorance-and-stupidity/

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2025-04-19T10:37:39Z

From the book Bullshit Jobs. Page 213 ...

2025-03-29T13:19:57Z

From the book Bullshit Jobs.

Page 213

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2025-03-18T10:36:03Z

When asked about the benefits to society of Universal Basic ...

2025-03-16T02:10:42Z

When asked about the benefits to society of Universal Basic Income, David Graeber mentioned this.

It is always worth remembering that the level of someone's ...

2025-03-13T00:05:28Z

It is always worth remembering that the level of someone's pay is not an accurate measure to their value to society and importance in the economy.

Hopelessness is manufactured. ...

2025-03-08T23:19:11Z

Hopelessness is manufactured.

It is worth remembering that some of the most essential people in ...

2025-03-04T17:21:23Z

It is worth remembering that some of the most essential people in the economy are often very badly paid and generally treated with arbitrariness and disrespect.

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2025-03-02T21:08:12Z

David Graeber provides another way that we can view the economy. ...

2025-02-28T03:34:04Z

David Graeber provides another way that we can view the economy.

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2025-02-24T02:45:27Z

The limits our current system imposes on people in the world of ...

2025-02-19T11:36:22Z

The limits our current system imposes on people in the world of work are a shame.

In 2011, David Graeber published; Debt: The First 5000 Years. It ...

2025-01-24T13:58:03Z

In 2011, David Graeber published; Debt: The First 5000 Years.

It is one of those books where you learn a lot of interesting history that is not mentioned on the BBC. Here is an extract from the book.