Zelensky as Master Archetyper

And so President Zelensky, the Comedian, is a master archetyper. I actually found footage of him archetyping himself as Napoleon when he, in one of his production company’s sketches, played a jokey Napoleon Bonaparte, long before the war. Actors are natural archetypers. It’s a supreme irony that the only real actor among the three archetypal identities - Druidey Don, Duncey Putin and the Comedian Zelenskyy- turns out to be a master leader (another archetype). A Magister of the juridical and the magico-religious realm, which Indo-European Sovereigns have always had to operate on. Donald and Putler as master manipulators and tricksters are master of the magical realm. They model themselves as religious leaders, but their attention to detail and willingness to breach the rule of law marks them out as usurpers.

Ukraine is working on this plane of rightful Indo-European sovereignty that is very ancient. Ukraine is blessed to have president Zelensky who operates on this symbolic magico-religious plane in such a successful way.

Lieutenant-General Budanov and President Zelenskyy get this. They have gotten this from the very beginning — it is a war of symbols. If Ukraine can archetype itself as a winner, it will get the means it needs to succeed. If Russia manages to archetype Ukraine as part of Russia, as a loser, then no one will help Ukraine. That is the level that the war, so we have these two battlefronts, we have the kinetic battle space where Ukraine is doing extremely well. Then we have this war of symbols.

Source: Intimidating Russia through Archetypal Imaging

The positive case. Zelensky — the Comedian — operates on the symbolic plane as naturally as breathing. If Ukraine can archetype itself as a winner, it gets the weapons it needs. If Russia archetypes Ukraine as a loser, nobody helps. This is archetypal literacy applied offensively: conscious self-archetyping as a survival strategy for a nation. See Istanbul Peace Talks and Counter-Disinfolklore.

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