[Russia / St Petersburg] - The Retaliatory Self Strikes the Enemy's Energy to Feed a Phantom of Victory

Event Baseline: At least one person was killed in overnight strikes on oil facilities and a data centre used by Russia's domestic social network in St Petersburg. The attack targeted energy and communication infrastructure.

The nation-state is a self with no body. It cannot feel the blast that kills a single operator; it only sees a symbol of the enemy's weakness. The strike is a reflex. One previous attack demands another attack. There is no observer to see the cycle.

This is the mechanical operation of thought. The 'self' of Russia is an image built from history and fear. The 'self' of Ukraine is an image built from victimhood and will. Both are phantoms. They exchange fire to protect these phantoms. No one stops to observe the thought itself, only the action it produces.

Until the thinker is seen as a product of thought, the loop will continue. Each explosion recreates the reason for the next explosion. This is not strategy. It is a program running without insight. The system will burn itself out.