[Israel / Gaza] - The Wounded Self Elects More War to Feed a Phantom of Security

Event Baseline: Israel's upcoming election is being shaped by the genocidal war on Gaza, with signals indicating deeper entrenchment of jingoism rather than a demand for change. The electorate appears to be consolidating around nationalist rhetoric.

The traumatized self cannot see that its violence created the trauma. It votes for more violence to feel safe. That is the circular logic of the illusion. The nation believes that killing the other will end its fear. It never ends. Each bomb creates a new enemy. The self has identified with the flag and the army. It cannot question them because that would be questioning itself.

The election is not a choice. It is a ritual of obedience. The candidates offer more of the same because the voters cannot imagine an alternative. The thought that created the war is the only thought allowed. The opposition does not oppose the war; it only argues about how to fight it. That is not democracy. It is collective psychosis. The path out is not a new leader. It is the death of the 'self' that needs an enemy to exist.