Brutkey

David Graeber Institute
@DGI@graeber.social
"America is a country made possible by hucksterism and carnival buncombe. It's the birthplace of both modern PR and advertising, the first place on earth to apply techniques of commercial marketing to politics, and a country where, for at least thirty years, the economy has been driven by the engine of finance, that is, by the magical creation of wealth through financial securities and derivatives. When you consider those U.S companies that still produce commodities now devote themselves mainly to developing brands and images, you realize that American capitalism conjures value into being chiefly by convincing everyone it’s there." . - David Graeber dc218c230a2ec378.png Capitalism is not something imposed on us by some outside force. 556e94e8c49655b6.png "Always look for the truth from the ground up, rarely from the top down. Journalists are never real journalists if they are the agents of power, no matter how they disguise that role. Real journalists are agents of people." . - John Pilger (1939 to 2023) 1c6cde1c42ad2220.png What if we defined "the economy" as "the way we take care of one another"? Since that's what it ultimately is. What would economic indicators then look like? 843a0c81d58ccf36.png