Self-Provocation as Addiction

The regime becomes addicted to self-provocation. Each provocation requires a bigger one to produce the same effect.

Escalation as tolerance: the initial dose (a false flag in Donbas) no longer satisfies; the addict requires nuclear threats, dam destruction, child kidnapping. The Provocation Logic Cycle is not a strategy that can be switched off — it is a compulsion.

Source: Paradoxes · Twitter Archive (unique)

Found only in Twitter. Self-provocation as addiction reframes the escalation pattern from strategic choice to psychological compulsion. The regime cannot stop provoking because provocation IS the regime.

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