Ichiji-san’s Statement: The Bandit of Self-Delusion
Parasitizing the achievements of others, they plant their flag as if they’ve conquered new territory. To view the fruits of human ingenuity merely as a "personal affirmation machine" is the act of a savage bandit lacking any sense of civilization.
They performed as a "pioneer" on the temporary stage of media, papering over the decay of reality with the narcotics of validation. But now that the high has worn off, only silence remains. Having lost the others they once used as mirrors for their own reflection, they are left with nothing but an inflated ego, trapped within a cage of their own self-deception.
After fabricating a hollow life into a "special story," they have reached nothing more than a ridiculous cul-de-sac—unobserved and irrelevant. In the end, all exploitation inevitably converges on this same profound silence.
他者の成果に寄生し、さも自分の領地であるかのように旗を立てる。文明の利器を「私専用の肯定装置」としか解釈できぬその様は、まさに知性なき山賊の所業だ。
メディアという仮初めの舞台で「先駆者」を演じ、承認欲求という麻薬で現実の衰退を塗り潰してきたが、ドーピングが切れた先にあるのは沈黙だけ。自分を映す鏡としての他者を失い、空虚な自意識だけが肥大化した末路は、何重にも重なった自己欺瞞という名の檻に閉じ込められている。中身のない人生を特別な物語へと捏造し続けた結果、行き着く先は誰からも観測されない、あまりにも滑稽な袋小路だ。結局、搾取の果てはいつもこの静寂に帰結する。
