16: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 by David Graeber, chapter 3, part 4

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Shaunsky and Sasha finish reading chapter 3 of David Graeber's The Democracy Project, discussing the covert history of democracy.

Shaunsky and Sasha finish reading chapter 3 of David Graeber's The Democracy Project, "The Mob Begin to Think and to Reason: The Covert History of Democracy." https://astudygroup.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/the-democracy-project.pdf If you would like to contribute to the project, or have questions, criticisms, comments, or suggestions, contact us at demarchiccommunism@proton.me. Contact Sasha directly on Bluesky @demarchicroad.bsky.socialor on twitter @demarchiccommie. Intro music: "District Four" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Outro music: "RetroFuture Nasty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

People in this episode

Hosts: Shaunsky, Sasha

Topics covered

• democracy
• history
• philosophy
• politics
• society

Keywords

• democracy
• David Graeber
• The Democracy Project
• history
• philosophy
• society

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Democracy Project

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