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Debt: The First 5000 Years (Audiobook) David Graeber

Notus & Friends

CHAPTER

The Importance of a Good Gift

Nazrudin was called to see the king. He thought it would be best to bring him some kind of present. But turnips are peasant food and he's a king. You should bring him something more appropriate, like grapes. Nazrudin agreed and came to the king carrying a bunch of grapes. The emperor's guards dragged nazruddin into a side oom and began pelting him with grapes. As they did so, he fell on his knees and began crying. Thank you god for your infinite mercy. It is customary for foreign worthies visiting the king to present him with magnificent presents. Whatever the gift was, he would invariably respond by presenting the bearer with

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