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"And, as I've already said, indigenous societies like those in Australia and North America emphasised shared values and collective well-being.
In his book Debt: The First 5,000 Years, David Graeber recounts an anecdote told by the explorer Peter Freuchen. He describes how, after an unsuccessful walrus hunt, a hungry hunter returns home and is given several hundred pounds of meat by another who had more success. When the recipient thanks him profusely, the giver objects indignantly, saying:
'Up in our country, we are human. And since we are human, we help each other. We don't like to hear anybody say 'thanks' for that. What I get today, you may get tomorrow.'
The Dragon & the Hummingbird p.270
