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10.2 The Dawn of Everything: How Graeber & Wengrow’s book sets us up to fail like Occupy Wall Street

WHAT IS POLITICS?

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Why Human Beings Treat Each Other So Badly

There are two standard answers to why the world is in such a mess. One says that people are inherently selfish and operate mostly based on self interest. The other argues that coercive institutions of civiliz nlike authority, like private property, turn us into selfish brutes. i talk about at length in my critique of the conclusion of chapter two of don of everything. Thankfully, they tell us both these stories are wrong, and instead, they 're going to tell us a hopeful story that gives us back our agency.

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