Philosophical Terrorism

1     Identity is not determined by vague philosophical speculation, but rather, it is determined by the practice of everyday life. 2     Queer materialism understands that identity is not something arbitrary, but rather, it is a historically conditioned state of alienation from the difference of the self. The self yearns to be free, to overflow out of the bounds of identity.  3 Identity is the realization of reification of the level of the self. In a society where commodity relations are the dominant relations, our relation to ourselves and others can only be regulated by static identities. 4     The end goal of queer materialism is the abolition of all static identity, of all social class. In other words, the end goal of queer materialism is communism. 5     The basis of queer materialism is queer negativity, that is, the negation of all former social structures and modes of being. It is upon this negation that new ways of life will be built. 6     There is no such thing as universal

       Lenin writes very little about the cultural revolution. He says, in On Cooperation, that “ Strictly speaking, there is “only” one thing we have left to do and that is to make our people so “enlightened” that they understand all the advantages of everybody participating in the work of the cooperatives, and organize participation. “only” the fact. There are now no other devices needed to advance to socialism. But to achieve this “only", there must be a veritable revolution—the entire people must go through a period of cultural development. ” For Lenin, the cultural revolution is an event which succeeds the social and political revolution, an event that raises the consciousness of the people, that “enlightens” them. It is, for him, a necessary step in the growth and development of socialism. He says that “ it will take a whole historical epoch to get the entire population into the work of the cooperatives through NEP. At best we can achieve this in one or two decades. Nevert