Tim Bouma on Nostr: Once again, David Graeber's book on debt does not disappoint - infinitely endless ...

Once again, David Graeber's book on debt does not disappoint - infinitely endless giving to the 'Inexhaustible Storehouse' to pay off debts. Salvation on an installment plan.


In an ancient Chinese parable, a poor man burdened by a debt of one thousand strings of coins to another person. He always suffers from his debt, and the poor man is afraid whenever the debt-master comes to collect.

He visits the rich man’s house and confesses he is beyond the time-limit and begs forgiveness for his offense—he is poor and without a station in life. He tells him that each day he makes a single coin he will return it to the rich man. On hearing this, the rich man is very pleased and forgives him for being overdue; moreover, the poor man is not dragged away to jail.

Giving to the Inexhaustible Storehouse is also like this.