• Shishnarfne [comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          It's not my cup of tea either. Maybe study Wilhelm Reich? He thought orgasms were necessary in the fight against fascism, which was based on sexual repression.

            • Shishnarfne [comrade/them]
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              4 years ago

              I'm not saying you should pick your authors based on the conclusions you prefer, just pointing out that there are other views on the relation between sexuality and politics.

                • Shishnarfne [comrade/them]
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                  4 years ago

                  Desire in Deleuze's work is a machine that continually produces fantasies, experimentation, "lines of flight", that challenges everything that gets in its way, so it does have revolutionary potential. Pleasure stops the machine. Eternal self-repression isn't the answer though, because desire is supposed to be productive.