Language is not made to be believed but to be obeyed, and to compel obedience newspapers, news, proceed by redundancy, in that they tell us what we ‘must’ think, retain, expect, etc. language is neither informational nor communicational. It is not the communication of information but something quite different: the transmission of order-words, either from one statement to another or within each statement, insofar as each statement accomplishes an act and the act is accomplished in the statement
Instead of gambling on the eternal impossibility of the revolution and on the fascist return of a war-machine in general, why not think that a new type of revolution is in the course of becoming possible, and that all kinds of mutating, living machines conduct wars, are combined and trace out a plane of consistance which undermines the plane of organization of the World and the States?
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What this quote means
The quote suggests that rather than relying on traditional forms of revolution or warfare, we should consider the emergence of new types of revolutionary dynamics shaped by evolving technologies and systems.
Gilles Deleuze’s quote encourages us to shift our perspective from rigid ideologies of revolution and war to a more fluid understanding of change. He implies that the future may lie in innovative, adaptive forms of resistance and transformation that challenge established organizations and state structures, suggesting a more dynamic and interconnected approach to revolution.
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This quote can be used in a speech about technological advancements and their impact on social movements.
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