For the record, I think Bullshit Jobs was brilliant, and not at all fluffy. But I have always found the chapter in which he kinda sorta endorses UBI (but not really) pretty frigging weird. I imagine that is what he must have been referring to if he called it his "sell-out book". Before people judge him, I suggest reading the book, or at least the UBI part, which is right at the end.
To anyone new to Graeber: you absolutely must read between the lines when reading his work. He was closeted conspiracy theorist through-and-through, and he picked his battles. Do I judge him for that? No, because he succeeded in getting his message out there to a wide audience. Disguising some of the radical content of his message was clearly part of how he did that. He snuck all kinds of things past the censors.
Pro tip: don't neglect the footnotes. He dropped plenty of hints in there.
For the record, I think Bullshit Jobs was brilliant, and not at all fluffy. But I have always found the chapter in which he kinda sorta endorses UBI (but not really) pretty frigging weird. I imagine that is what he must have been referring to if he called it his "sell-out book". Before people judge him, I suggest reading the book, or at least the UBI part, which is right at the end.
To anyone new to Graeber: you absolutely must read between the lines when reading his work. He was closeted conspiracy theorist through-and-through, and he picked his battles. Do I judge him for that? No, because he succeeded in getting his message out there to a wide audience. Disguising some of the radical content of his message was clearly part of how he did that. He snuck all kinds of things past the censors.
Pro tip: don't neglect the footnotes. He dropped plenty of hints in there.
wow!... I guess, I have my reading material sorted out for the next 10 or 20 years.