the title of this essay alone (from Graeber’s collection Possibilities: Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion, and Desire) could compete with the awesomestness of many of the sentences i’ve posted.

but the definition of “police” Graeber develops takes the cake:

Police are a group armed, lower-echelon government administrators, trained in the scientific application of physical force to aid in the resolution of administrative problems. They are bureaucrats with guns…”

awesomestness rating: 9