A pretty satisfying response to Graeber http://mises.org/library/have-anthropologists-overturned-menger … but I'd like to see both come to terms with Szabo http://szabo.best.vwh.net/shell.html
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@sarahdoingthing "...if there were places where everyday transactions took the form of: "I'll give you twenty chickens for that cow,"..."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing "...we'd have found one or two by now." What planet does Graeber live on? This happens in every school cafeteria!1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing You don't need to tell *me* that! But kids engage in barter earlier/more naturally than they engage with money.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing They'll trade marbles/toys/Magic cards outside school, too.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing My impression (from v. limited skimming) is that modern anthropology ie as practiced by grad students today is bugfuck mad.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing Have no knowledge of current (currency) case, but I remember about 20 years ago a well-received anthropology book >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing examined the evidence carefully and found that there were exactly zero well-documented cases of cannibalism. >1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@St_Rev @sarahdoingthing In each alleged case, it turned out that the supposed event was transparently a colonial slur against native people
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing As anyone would have realized who thought about it rationally, cannibalism is naturally abhorrent & no one would do2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing I skimmed that book when it came out and thought “um… I know zero about the evidence… but…”1 reply 0 retweets 1 like - 8 more replies
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