[Vietnam / Drug Trafficking Death Sentences] - The Punishing Self Kills the Body to Cure the Disease, Proving the Illusion of Control Through Execution

Event Baseline: Vietnam sentenced 11 individuals to death for drug trafficking. The case began when four flight attendants were caught smuggling narcotics in toothpaste tubes. The state applies capital punishment for drug offenses.

The state kills to prove it is not the killer. Drug trafficking is a symptom of the same disease: desire for escape, profit, power. The state's answer is to destroy the body that carries the symptom. It does not touch the cause. The cause is the mechanical pursuit of pleasure and security through chemical and economic means. The state shares that pursuit; it just calls it law. The execution is a ritual of the frightened self. It believes that by killing the offender, it kills the offense. But the offense is in the brain of every consumer, every dealer, every judge. The brain seeks a final solution to its own insecurity. It never finds it. So it kills again. Vietnam's 11 deaths will not reduce the flow of drugs. They will only add more bodies to the heap. The illusion of control is absolute. The collapse is inevitable.