[Egypt / State Judiciary] - The Punishing Self Executes the Messenger to Cure the Disease, Proving the Illusion of Control Through Death

Event Baseline: An Egyptian court sentenced television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 others to death for manufacturing and trafficking narcotics. Khalifa is known for her crime-focused program 'Mission Impossible'.

The state self sees the drug trade as an infection. It believes that killing the messenger will cure the disease. This is the illusion of control through annihilation. The presenter's face was known for exposing crime; now the state marks it for death. The punishing self does not see the cause of the drug trade, the desperation that feeds it. It only sees the symptom and kills the body that carries it. This is not justice; it is the mechanical discharge of fear. The self must be right, must be strong, so it kills to prove its strength. But the drug trade will continue because the demand is not erased by executing the supplier. The state has not touched the mind that craves escape. It has only added more corpses to the pile. The system is corrupted: it cannot see that it is part of the same economy it pretends to fight. The execution is a ritual to reinforce the illusion of a secure self, but the self remains insecure, so more executions will follow.