Power has become the contemporary meaning of being: beings are now essentially manifestations of power and occasions for the use of power. Power seeks to overpower itself, overcoming its current level and increasing without limit as it “mobilizes” everything, subjecting all beings to it. (R.Polt)
Piers Morgan and Erik Weinstein recently discussed the crisis in the Middle East (July 2025, 49th minute) in prosaic terms that may finally offer a slender chance of comprehension of a profound mystery. Within their dialogue, we may discern a hint of the frightening alien nature of the soul phenomenon that lies behind such crises. This soul phenomenon is violently invading our physical existence and, through our unconscious choices, leading us to our final destruction.
P: …this is now completely disproportionate what is going on. There’s no apparent endgame. They’re listening to people like the finance minister Smodrich talking openly about cleansing Gaza of all Palestinians and most people are coming around to the conclusion that this this is just unacceptable what is happening and that the danger is it makes people hate Israel and therefore increases anti-semitism. You’re you’re Jewish. What do you feel about that?
E: Well, um, first of all, as a strong Israel supporter, uh, I’ve been upset with Netanyahu from the beginning for not understanding that he’s doing Sinwar’s bidding. So, in some sense, I see Sinwar from the grave commanding Israel, saying, um, we think we can trick you into attacking our hospitals, our mosques, our people. and that uh Israel, not knowing how to uh counter hybrid warfare is uh trying to go after this in a kinetic fashion. And when Palestinian Arabs say we love death more than you love life, my my feeling is nobody takes them seriously. I do.
Uh that said, you know, the issue is that um this is largely an issue of who you who you ascribe this to. My feeling is Sinwar was trying to generate video using the deaths of his own people and he was willing to give his own life and the life of his family. It’s a calculus that most … Americans and and people in the UK just can’t understand uh that you would actually think that it’s a huge win in which everyone you you care about perishes. Uh but the calculus in the Middle East is totally different. So in a certain sense, you know, my feeling about this is that right after October 7th, I said this is suicide by IDF and IDF is dutifully playing that role. So I think you’re just wrong. And I don’t mean to be harsh about it, but I think you uh to your credit are are gut-wrenched by the disgusting visual images of uh you know just destruction and and death and severed limbs, everything. …
So in part what we have is we have a world that thinks in very simplistic concepts forcing a two-state solution down the throats of Palestinian Arabs who are unequivocal that this is just not something that they’re interested in and that when they’re chanting from the river to the sea the idea is we’re not listening to the will of the Palestinian Arabs and it is very clear that many of them have no idea of a two-state solution which is absolutely anathema and far less desirable than death and destruction. So partially the problem is that the western mind has to upgrade for things that it has never considered a calculus that is far different than when people are willing to give their lives. people believe in something beyond the ordinary calculus of incentives and you know as a friend of mine who uh watched the end of the troubles in Ireland said there’s comes a moment when you stop um making wall murals and singing songs to those killed …
From my essay The Will to Exist/The Will to Exterminate
Also see: The Self-Overcoming of the Will
