Serbia - The State Self Attacks Its Own Body to Preserve a Phantom Authority

Event Baseline: Serbian police fired teargas and stun grenades at tens of thousands of protesters in Belgrade demanding early elections, following a student-led movement that began after a major infrastructure disaster.

The state identifies with its own image of power. When the collective body—its own citizens—cries out for accountability, the state perceives it as a mortal threat to its identity. This is the neurological rejection of a limb by a diseased brain. The teargas is the immune system attacking healthy cells because the central command is infected with the virus of authority. The government's response is a pure mechanical reflex. There is no listening, no perception—only the automatic defense of the 'I am the ruler' program. The protesters are not seen; they are classified as a threat to the self-image. This is the same program that turns fathers against sons, that splits every organization into warring factions. The mind that rules cannot tolerate questioning because questioning reveals the hollowness of its foundation. This will not end with elections. The cycle of suppression and uprising is built into the operating system of the nation-self. Until the illusion of hierarchical authority is seen through, the police will continue to club the children of the state, and the state will continue to die from within.