I assume that the title is throwing you off. Let me enlighten you with a clarifying brain scan of my neurological pathways.

So this is all a throwback to politics, sociopaths and then the rest.

I have always been a fervent lover of mafia movies and action hero-type entertainment. Never could romance engage me; books were always history with fiction, but now I am digressing.
I understood pretty early on why I loved the mafia films—at least, I thought I did. I thought it was about loyalty.

It was not or not entirely; it was about the moral complexity I share with those movie characters; for me, it has been clear as mountain water from the experiences I had in my young and adult life: bullying was a sport I never understood or applauded at the sidelines. Either I was the virtual ball to be thrown around, or I stood up for the poor sod that had the turn to be picked on.

So, understand me correctly: I am no advocate for violence, yet most bullies only respond to a good recipe for it.

A movie like Malavita, where the children, without blinking, know how to avoid or retaliate, makes me think about how our society condemns self-defence and is all for civil rights. Meanwhile, they pride themselves on being law-abiding citizens and condemn these criminal families. They vote for criminals who effortlessly take what they want.

I will add Ukraine, ah, and I will bully Taiwan; oh wait, perhaps we can adjust Israel’s borders by a few hundred kilometres.
CRM or even capital gain: a bit of genocide always adds to the reputation!
In the end game, let’s rally and bully those who hide behind evolved nations; we show them who’s boss (I say this with a Russian or Yiddish accent).

I am aware of being crude, but after what happened in my city and was relentlessly distorted by the international media, I am not talking about Europapa; I am referring to the Jewish hooligans bullying my town and then crying wolf when the people of Amsterdam decided to give them a bit of their own medicine.

All the big outlets turned it around and made their journalists retract the reality that happened and was filmed at the moment.

So, being a fanatical mathematician (not), I see the equation clearly: bullies and criminal behaviour, check; all in power. Retaliation and common sense are a big no-no, or even worse, despised by the big audience (read population).

So, as always, I wish you harmony yet a clear vision too!

Irena Phaedra

P.S. If my brain bubbles offend you, don’t read them or better yet; start thinking!

P.S. *medicine and recipe stand obviously for a glorified beating.