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when it comes to anarchy and anthropology, i know of no better work than "society against the state" by pierre clastres

in this book, clastres goes into how many native americans had consciously organized themselves as to prevent coercive power over others from forming

also, shout out to "pirate enlightenment", graebers first posthumous publication, studying an attempt at creating anarchic settlement in the malagasy coast of madagascar a few hundred years ago

highly recommend both

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Ah man, I gotta read more Graeber! He's one of my faves. Also thanks for the Clastres rec, I'd heard of him and that title sounds familiar but I haven't actually read it yet.

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Good start. Am going to be interested in learning more.

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Great answer! The title "To change everything, starts everywhere" fits with the 2nd element of my triadic tip: "The explorer is not the expedition, THE COMPASS IS NOT THE DIRECTION, the map is not the territory" and I explain the multi-paths in this article (including some points from David Graever & David Wengrow

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/everything-everywhere-all-once-feminine-multiverse-mart%25C3%25ADn-gonz%25C3%25A1lez-m5o7e/

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