Absolutely. Thanks for being elaborate.

I try to get to this point talking about insurance specialist working in the medical field in the US. Those jobs are vastly more present in the US than in other places that provide adéquat level of care and also have a concept of healtcare.

Going to the ER you sign a lot of paperwork thougt your admission.

I think of it as the eastern island moais.

Something society is choosing to do, and focus on. While effort could be directed elsewhere in order to enhance our futur.

We don’t “insist” on structuring labour this way, it’s what arose as efficient from a market of voluntary private actors. Very “anarchist” in that sense. I would hope that Graeber is familiar with basic texts like Theory of the Firm.

> arose as efficient

Capitalism does not drive towards 'efficiency' in some general sense. It is full of dead weight, destruction, forced scarcity, waste, and bloat. This is not accidental, it is essential to how the system functions.