🕳️ Released Phantom Node 17: Bashar al-Assad. The Legacy of Ruins
- Foundation date
17 July 2025
This project is a philosophical and artistic study of the phenomenon of "phantom nodes" — invisible yet influential objects and subjects in the contemporary global system. The descriptions contained within this study are metaphorical and allegorical, aimed at uncovering systemic problems, regimes, and civilisational influences. They are not a journalistic investigation or legal accusations, but serve as an artistic interpretation of reality.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
This creation is protected and cannot be used by third parties for the purpose of supporting, propagating, or legitimizing criminal regimes, terrorist states, and organizations operating in the shadows. The use of data or analysis results from this project, whether in part or in full, is expressly prohibited if the objective is to support or conceal their criminal activity.
The project may be freely used by individuals and organizations that combat evil, corruption, and aggression.
🕳️ Released Phantom Node 17: Bashar al-Assad. The Legacy of Ruins
Left the country in ruins.
A phantom who survived, but vanished from the horizon.
Node Type: Living Dictator
State: Exile with power
Means of Retention: Ideology + fear + torture
Image: A blurred figure turned away from the country
Instead of a phantom: Silence, shadow, wreckage
Core of the Node
What kept him in place?
— Repression and elimination of dissent
— Use of chemical weapons against his own people
— Propaganda and fear as a foundation of rule
This was not just a conflict.
It was a war against his own people.
With the world's silent consent.
How did he become a phantom?
— When clinging to power outweighed human lives
— When all morality was betrayed
— When ruins became the image of a state
Why does the phantom still exist?
— Because no one stood trial
— Because global institutions proved powerless
— Because war became normal
Phantom’s State
A phantom in exile.
Alive, but not present.
Present, but powerless.
Collective Response
We do not forget.
We do not call it politics.
We do not justify silence.
Core Principle
Without accountability, there is no peace.
Without justice — no recovery.
After the Regime
Stones speak.
Walls whisper.
History will gather testimony.
Alt-text:
A pencil drawing depicts a tall man against the backdrop of destroyed buildings. The scene is heavy and desolate. It symbolizes Assad’s regime: a ruined Syria, an exiled figure walking away, leaving only shadow behind.
#ReleasedPhantomNode #BasharAssad #RuinedSyria #ChemicalWeapons #GenocidePhantom #SilentConsent #NoJustice #ExiledLeader #CultDissolved #VanishedPower #HistoryRemembers #ShadowOfRegime #TruthMustPrevail #PivtorakStudio #AfterTheWreckage #StateOfThePhantom #WorldSilence #JusticeIsComing #StillAliveButGone #NoJustification
Unmasking the Phantom. Pivtorak.Studio. 17.07.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration.
All depictions are allegorical; the piece does not allege facts about specific private individuals without corroborated evidence.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
🫧 Phantom Node Dossier 17: Bashar al-Assad. The "Dynasty of Ruins and Sovereignty of Ashes" Regime.
Key Aspects of the Phantom:
"The Monarch of Ashes." Bashar al-Assad entered history as a leader who "preserved" power at the cost of the virtual destruction of his own state, turning it into a Russian-Iranian protectorate. By mid-2025, he had become a "phantom sovereign" in exile—a legal fiction used by the Kremlin to justify its continued presence in Syria, despite new forces ruling in Damascus. His legacy is the normalization of total war against one's own people.
Regimes:
🧬 Hereditary Despotism Regime: The transformation of republican institutions into the private property of one family, leading to total state paralysis.
🔥 Scorched Earth Regime: A military strategy where regime survival is prioritized over the existence of cities, infrastructure, and the population.
🎭 Proxy Sovereignty Regime: A total surrender of independence in exchange for Russian military support, turning Assad into a puppet in the Kremlin's geopolitical games.
🛡️ Sectarian Polarization Regime: Deliberate incitement of religious animosity to maintain minority loyalty through fear of the majority.
Tools:
🧪 Chemical Terror: Systematic use of sarin and chlorine as a means to break civilian resistance (Ghouta, Khan Shaykhun).
💣 Barrel Bombs: A symbol of indiscriminate terror—cheap but devastating weapons for destroying residential neighborhoods.
🏗️ Specialized Prisons (Saydnaya): An industry of torture and mass executions aimed at the physical liquidation of any opposition.
🇷🇺 Russian Aerial Umbrella: Utilizing the Russian Aerospace Forces as a "winged punitive sword" to destroy civilian infrastructure (hospitals, markets).
💊 Narco-Infrastructure (Captagon): Creating a state-sponsored drug production network to compensate for lost economic resources.
Civilizational Influences:
📈 Destruction of Global Red Lines: Assad proved that chemical weapons can be used with impunity in the modern world if backed by a nuclear power.
📉 Demographic Catastrophe as a Weapon: Mass refugee flows to Europe as a tool to destabilize Western democracies.
⚖️ Crisis of International Justice: Creating a precedent of "eternal impunity" for high-ranking war criminals under the protection of a major global player.
Dissection of a Phantom Node. Pivtorak.Studio. 17.07.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration. Depictions are allegorical and do not allege facts about private individuals without corroborated evidence.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
