[United States / Global] - The Deporting Self Sends Bodies to Unknown Lands to Feed a Phantom of Pure Borders
Event Baseline: The U.S. has deported thousands of people under secret agreements with dozens of countries, often without informing them of their destination. One Iranian woman was flown in shackles to an African country she did not know existed.
The state treats human beings as cargo. It moves them across the planet to erase their presence. The border is a phantom. There is no line in the earth. The self that protects the border is a collection of memories and fears. It says, 'This is mine, that is yours.' This thought creates the outsider. The outsider is then deported to a place that has no meaning to them. The cruelty is mechanical. It is the output of a system that believes in the absolute necessity of separation. The deported body is not a person. It is a violation of the phantom. The state will continue to export its internal conflict to distant lands. It cannot see that the outsider is itself.