Dude is bewildered. You’d think he would have known this stuff already

  • CyberSyndicalist [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    As fun as dunking on Jon Stewart is I didn't grasp this concept myself until I read Graeber's Debt: the first 5000 years. It's not an intuitive concept when you exist in a capitalist society surrounded with neoliberal narratives and framing.

    • CyberMao [it/its]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Yeah honestly his questions make sense. Most people have no idea what money is supposed to represent or how it’s thought about by the people controlling the budget and money supply