David Graeber Quotes About Athens

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  • We are usually told that democracy originated in ancient Athens - like science, or philosophy, it was a Greek invention. It's never entirely clear what this is supposed to mean. Are we supposed to believe that before the Athenians, it never really occurred to anyone, anywhere, to gather all the members of their community in order to make joint decisions in a way that gave everyone equal say?

    "Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology". Book by David Graeber, 2004.
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