• SolidaritySplodarity [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Graeber was fairly popular (and polarizing) with the techbro and CEO crowd. Most of them didn't understand his point or motivations, but the idea that many issues are a problem of economic efficiency is highly appealing to that crowd.

    • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I first heard of him through a google employee who saw him at one of the company's speaker series'.

    • Deadend [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      The idea of “more lube” is appealing to them.

      • carbohydra [des/pair]
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        3 years ago

        aren't bullshit jobs the lube in the capitalist machine in this metaphor? 🤔 they need the PMC both to do the managerial work they are too lazy for, and to bribe some would-be workers to dampen class conflict? and tech bros want to abolish this inefficiency?

        • Deadend [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          It’s blood. Blood and suffering is the lubricant.