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What Happened to David Graeber? | Los Angeles Review of Books
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I find this an interesting anecdote as I've generally found that a lot of academics are soft anarchists or radlibs who think they are anarchists but are less open about putting specifics on their political identity compared to campus trots. Not saying he's lying or anything, different times and countries.
I read this book along with Debt and Utopia Of Rules and I would say that his politics were very utopian and I think he always overstated the impact of OWS. He had a lot of interesting stuff to say for sure and his classic quote about simply unmaking what has been made is great.
I think he leans too much into the spontaneity of revolutionary action and that in some sort of messianic way, change will come.
Just my opinion and all that
I enjoyed Debt for its anthro study of money, and traditionally anarchists have always been utopian to MLs in various ways.
Was just commenting on my own campus experience (I was a student/worker on campus for 12 years) that didn't seem to vibe with the article writer's experience, but maybe things have changed.
This was my experience as well