Marxist quotes about pleasure

[Brutus]

Im doing an essay on pleasure and need a quote to start it off. Are there any Marxist quotes on pleasure that I could use?

[Il Medico]

When asked what was best in life, noted Marxist intellectual Conan the Barbarian remarked, "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women". I'd open with that. :lol:

[Flying Purple People Eater]

There's an entire letter Trotsky wrote to his wife about having sex...

[Brutus]

'Not once since I have for here has my prick got hard'
That was an unexpected thing when reading my Trotsky biography

[Zanthorus]

"Don't live for pleasure, make life your treasure." - Ronnie James Dio

But really, if you're going to Marx this up, why not try something straight from the man himself (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/german-ideology/ch03n.htm).

[Susurrus]

Some would argue about his marxist-ness, but George Orwell wrote an essay called "Why Socialists Don't Believe in Fun"

http://orwell.ru/library/articles/socialists/english/e_fun

[ckaihatsu]

Pleasure isn't a Marxist thing, because it's not a *political* thing -- at most a revolutionary politics can make society *generally* more equitable and egalitarian, but the individual is still on their own to determine their own likes and dislikes. (There's no accounting for taste.)


G.U.T.S.U.C. - The Grand Unified Theory of Society Under C_______

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G.U.T.S.U.C., Simplified

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[MarxArchist]

Henry Miller was a Marxist but for scholarly endeavors surrounding pleasure, if I were you, I'd look into Wilhelm Reich.


“The pleasure of living and the pleasure of the orgasm are identical. Extreme orgasm anxiety forms the basis of the general fear of life.”

[MarxArchist]

He was a dedicated Marxist (who was persecuted for his views) . Anyhow, you'll have to put the w's in the address below:

guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/08/wilhelm-reich-free-love-orgasmatron