[08-15]

> ...thus its ills can safely be attributed to capitalism.

I don't think Graeber is trying to say that. The word "capitalism" shows up exactly once:

> In capitalism, this is exactly what is not supposed to happen. [...] Still, somehow, it happens.

He isn't saying that bullshit jobs are created because of capitalisms, but despite it. The title says something different, and IIRC the original title when it appeared on "Strike!" was just "Bullshit Jobs".

The vibe I get from the article itself is that bullshit jobs happens because of the intervention of law makers. (At least to me, law makers are the same sort of self serving scum everywhere, whether they carry a socialist, capaitalist or any other flag.) The real question is whether it happened by malice or by incompetence. Or maybe through tax law compounded by incompetence.

[gizmo]

> He isn't saying that bullshit jobs are created because of capitalism, but despite it.

Graeber is unapologetically anti-capitalist. As an anarchist, Graeber doesn't think the government is the solution to all society's ills either.