David Graeber Quote on Cruelty and Society

„The question we should be asking is not why people are sometimes cruel, or even why a few people are usually cruel (all evidence suggests true sadists are an extremely small proportion of the population overall), but how we have come to create institutions that encourage such behavior and that suggest cruel people are in some ways admirable-or at least as deserving of sympathy as those they push around.“

David GraeberDavid Graeber questions how institutions promote cruel behavior and distort societal values.
PreviousNext

David Graeber was an American anthropologist, anarchist, and activist known for his critical analyses of society and economics.

David Graeber critically reflects on societal institutions that promote cruelty and distort its social appraisal.


Translation or original: 🇩🇪Click here

Quelle: Hier klicken

i

3.0 / 5

David Graeber quote about cruelty, institutions, and society

David Graeber (1961–2020) was an American anthropologist, anarchist, and author. He was known for his work in political anthropology and involvement in social movements such as Occupy Wall Street. His critiques of economic and political systems gained international attention.

Alexander von Humboldt quote about cruelty to animals and ignoranceCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
/
0 Comments
"Cruelty to animals is one of the most significant vices of a low and ignoble people. Wherever one notices them, they constitute a sign of ignorance and brutality which cannot be painted over even by all the evidence of wealth and luxury." Alexander von Humboldt
Read more
William Blum quote about political leadership, cruelty, and compassionCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
/
0 Comments
"Our leaders are cruel because only those willing to be inordinately cruel and remorseless can hold positions of leadership in the foreign policy establishment. People capable of expressing a full human measure of compassion and empathy toward faraway powerless strangers do not become president of the United States, or vice president, or secretary of state, or national security adviser or secretary of the treasury. Nor do they want to." William Blum
Read more
Quote by Stanley Milgram on the power of authority and obedienceCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
/
0 Comments
"With numbing regularity good people were seen to knuckle under the demands of authority and perform actions that were callous and severe. Men who are in everyday life responsible and decent were seduced by the trappings of authority, by the control of their perceptions, and by the uncritical acceptance of the experimenter’s definition of the situation, into performing harsh acts. A substantial proportion of people do what they are told to do, irrespective of the content of the act and without limitations of conscience, so long as they perceive that the command comes from a legitimate authority." Stanley Milgram
Read more
Inspirational quote by Rachel Louise Carson on cruelty and peaceCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
/
0 Comments
"Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is -- whether its victim is human or animal -- we cannot expect things to be much better in this world. We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living creature. By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic delight in killing, we set back the progress of humanity." Rachel Louise Carson
Read more
0 replies

Leave a Reply

Want to join the discussion?
Feel free to contribute!

Leave a Reply

Gratitude and Appreciation – Quote by VoltaireGratitude and appreciation quote attributed to VoltaireCopyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkAlbert Jay Nock quote image about Prince von Bismarck and diplomacyCopyright © yoice.net – Quote ArtworkQuote by Albert Jay Nock on Prince von Bismarck and Diplomacy