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The Discourse of the master (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠all philosophy ever talks about — and philosophy itself first appeared inside it.

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The Discourse of the master (n.) excludes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠fantasy from the start — and that is what makes it fundamentally, completely blind.

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The Discourse of the master (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠where every revolution lands: what revolutionaries aspire to is a master, and they will get one.

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The Discourse of the master (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠why we no longer know anything about the rites that moved Baal to fertilize the earth — not because they didn't work, but because Yahweh's discourse was inaugurated.

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The Discourse of the master (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the other side of psychoanalysis; it embraces everything, even Revolution, which it accomplishes in the other sense — a complete circle.

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The Discourse of the master (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠also the discourse of the unconscious: the subject is pinned to a master signifier that tells him who he is, and pays for it by repressing his truth.