[cnr]

"The story, then, is everywhere. It is the founding myth of our system of economic relations. It is so deeply established in common sense, even in places like Madagascar, that most people on earth couldn’t imagine any other way that money possibly could have come about. The problem is there’s no evidence that it ever happened, and an enormous amount of evidence suggesting that it did not.”

"Debt", David Graeber

[r14c]

Its wild to me how often people conflate "human nature" and culture. People who share a cultural background with Adam Smith may very well be accustomed to this self-interest-first way of seeing the world. People who would struggle to see other people's life ways as valid, because there's very little value in other people's perspectives. Especially if they involve practices that undermine profitability.