Criticism of the leadership of New York’s Occupy Wall Street by Andrew Kliman
11 Apr 2012
The Make-Believe World of David Graeber
Reflections on the Ideology Underlying the Failed Occupation of Zuccotti Park
The following is not a commentary on, much less a condemnation of, the Occupy movement––which I support. It is a critique of key facets of the ideology of David Graeber. These facets of his ideology have informed the politics of some of the movement, most notably that of the leadership of New York’s Occupy Wall Street, and they were the theoretical foundation underlying the occupation of Zuccotti Park. In contrast, the greatest strength of the Occupy movement is the fact that tens of thousands of people have brought to parts of it their own hopes and aspirations, and a somewhat greater degree of realism.