David Rolfe Graeber (/ˈɡreɪbər/; February 12, 1961 – September 2, 2020) was an American anthropologist and anarchist activist. His influential work in economic anthropology, particularly his books Debt: The First 5,000 Years (2011), Bullshit Jobs (2018), and The Dawn of Everything (2021), and his leading role in the Occupy movement, earned him recognition as one of the foremost anthropologists and left-wing thinkers of his time.

  • frezik@midwest.social
    4·
    5 hours ago

    Unions alone are necessary, but not sufficient. They have to actually take over their companies for this to work. The number of workers in a co-operative in France is about 5%.

    I also know that most office hours are totally wasted, but how come no one seems to have successfully made a job where you only do those effective hours possible?

    That’s a very good question for capitalism.

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
      21·
      5 hours ago

      I have worked in Sweden too, heavily unionised at the time being.

      What do you mean it’s a question for capitalism? If you can’t solve it, then it will still be a problem for your syndicalism.

      • frezik@midwest.social
        2·
        4 hours ago

        Syndicalisim solves it by reducing hours once everyone is in a co-op. I say it’s a question for capitalism because they could just do that right now, there’s some good arguments that they could, but don’t.