They devalued everything so that they could possess everything, and whatever they possessed they made still more worthless.

Cunningly and through deception, they possessed everything, then stripped it of value, and finally destroyed it. Sometimes through deception, sometimes through violence and cruelty, and sometimes quietly and gently, they lay in wait for everything until they could achieve that final glorious victory they imagined. Along the way toward that victory, nothing in the world remained safe from their touch and possession.

And this world emptied of all value has been destroyed by their hands. This destruction is not a natural disaster, but the verdict of a court humanity has pronounced upon itself.

Everything authentic, great, sacred and higher had first to be emptied of value so it could be acquired; once acquired, it had to be destroyed in order to reach that final victory. Whatever was authentic and great had to surrender without resistance or struggle, because their battle for victory always had to end with the sudden and silent destruction of the other side’s capacity to resist.

A free translation of a monologue from the film The Turin Horse.

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