🕳️ Released Phantom Node 19: Robert Mugabe. The Liberation Simulacrum

🕳️ Released Phantom Node 19: Robert Mugabe. The Liberation Simulacrum

The phantom of a liberator. A promise turned into betrayal.

Once a hero of independence — later, a symbol of repression.

A voice for freedom, that crushed it himself.

Node Type: Political phantom

State: Dead, but the phantom remains through legacy

Mode of Retention: Propaganda, struggle myth, ethnic division

Figure: Liberator with the face of an autocrat

After the phantom: Awakening to betrayal and collapse

Essence of the Node

— Began with the promise of dignity and justice

— Destroyed the economy through populism and land seizures

— Hyperinflation and food scarcity

— Authoritarianism, repression of dissent, political violence

— Massive emigration, broken trust

How did he become a phantom?

— Independence fight made him a legend

— Power without checks made him absolute

— Policies led to collapse, but myth kept him alive

Why does the phantom still exist?

— Because his legacy still haunts the nation

— Because his image is still used to justify violence

— Because the wound of failed liberation still hurts

State of the Phantom

— Hollow shell that once carried hope

— Symbol of betrayed freedom

— A memory no one knows how to mourn

After the Regime

— Economic desert

— Fractured national identity

— Youth without belief in politics

Collective Response

We believed in freedom — and were betrayed.

We saw the face of dictatorship — behind the liberator's mask.

We no longer take rhetoric as proof of truth.

Alt-text:

A pencil portrait of Robert Mugabe with a stone-faced, detached expression. Behind him, a stylized petal shape contains a farming scene—from fertile lands to barren fields. This visual contrast illustrates Zimbabwe's shift from Africa’s breadbasket to a state reliant on humanitarian aid. The landscape reflects the collapse of agriculture due to unqualified land redistribution, loss of expertise, and a political venture masked as liberation.

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Anna Pivtorak Kostyuk

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17.07.2025

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