The Debt megavideo

The Debt megavideo
The Debt megavideo,Returning to the original topic Graeber hours against modern capitalism (the system is illegal and corrupt). Let us agree that the current system has shortcomings, and it is not perfect. First of all, to admit that it does not mean it can not be a better solution. Given the imperfect nature of man, we can expect even the best system you can come up with its shortcomings. However, just because we can not expect any system to be perfect does not mean that there is an option bit 'better, we currently have, so we must be open to suggestions. Someone who is so critical of the current system, one would expect these proposals has Graeber. Especially when denouncing the existing system (and largely in favor of this will be discharged), without a viable option seems to be particularly irresponsible to drive.

Unfortunately (and this is the biggest mistake in the book), Graeber has no suggestions. In fact Graeber ventures only gaps in the current system point to the need to start thinking about alternatives.

And what is to blame for the fact that no viable alternatives have not yet thought of? Graeber argues that our lack of imagination this is a direct consequence of the fact that we had a corrupting influence of modern life for so long that we are all simply come to take for granted. What's more, he argues, the same system is designed to make us think that there is no alternative: "We stick to what is there, why we can no longer imagine the possibility that there may well be worse ... say that the last thirty years have seen the construction of a huge bureaucratic establishment and maintenance of despair, a giant machine was designed primarily to destroy all sense of possible alternative future "(p. 382). However, I must say that this is out very cheap.

Although the understanding of the history of the debt does not significantly increase the understanding of history, economics, modern capitalism, and many other human situations, not make it clear, as Graeber argues that the current system, should not be maintained. While capitalism may have its flaws, and one day reach its limits, it is not clear that its flaws make it completely unbearable, or that his death is inevitable. And this remains the case when one takes into account the debt crisis afflicting the international community, because even if a growing debt you can not really say that the changes must be made, it is hard to believe that the debt just to force a revolution.