travisfw, (edited )
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The only form of human action that holds out even the possibility of having social effects without being communicative.
The only way it is possible for one human being to do something which will have relatively predictable effects on the actions of a person about whom they understand nothing.
— David Graeber

travisfw,
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Correct answer was Violence, according to Graeber. From The Utopia of Rules.

isaactly_s,

@travisfw shit, I read it and got it wrong:(

travisfw,
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@isaactly_s yeah he was describing structural violence and how police are "bureaurcats with weapons".
Really great reference to vampires and werewolves, and Holmes vs 007 in that essay.

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