Togo / France - The State Self Locks Up the Foreign Mirror to Preserve Its Own Image

Event Baseline: Two French filmmakers have been held in Togo since July 27 under judicial investigation, according to France's foreign ministry.

The state locked up two foreign journalists. It did not see two human beings asking questions. It saw a threat to its image. The self of the state is an image built by thought. That image requires control. Any mirror that reflects a different image must be broken or hidden. The journalists are mirrors. The state cannot tolerate a mirror it does not control. This is the paranoia of the separate self.

This is not about Togo alone. Every state does this. The illusion of national sovereignty is built on the belief that the state is a person. That person feels wounded when its image is questioned. It responds by silencing the questioner. That is the action of a fragile program. It proves the state has no actual security. It only has the illusion of control. The truth is that the state is a thought. And thought is always old, always afraid. The system is closed. It cannot learn.