Ode to the Idiots of the World

Ah, the idiots of the world, those characters emerging from the shadows of history, ready to remind us that human stupidity is a constant. Caligula, the Roman emperor, is a paradigmatic example. He appointed his horse, Incitatus, as a senator, not as an innocuous eccentricity but as a gesture of contempt for the Senate and the political order of Rome. Caligula believed his absolute power allowed him to mock institutions and subject society to his whims. By doing so, he demonstrated how power without wisdom can turn politics into a farce, leading Rome into chaos.

And now, Bezalel Smotrich, with his recent epiphany of cruelty, joins this pantheon of fools. He proposes that hunger and misery are the tools to resolve conflicts as if the suffering of others could be counted as a moral victory. In an event that should have been one of reflection and planning, Smotrich declared that perhaps the ethical solution to the hostage crisis in Gaza was to let two million people starve. The inhumanity of this thought is so blatant that it is difficult to understand how anyone can verbalize such an atrocity.

Caligula, in his madness, saw power in irrational and cruel acts. Smotrich, in his moral blindness, sees justice in inhuman acts. Both share the same arrogance and ignorance that lead to suffering and destruction. They do not see, or refuse to see, that hunger as a weapon is one of the oldest and most brutal forms of oppression. The besieged cities of the Middle Ages, where inhabitants were left to fend for themselves, are historical examples that hunger only generates despair and hatred.

And Smotrich, like so many before him, uses faith and morality as shields to justify the unjustifiable. Quoting biblical passages out of context to support his argument only disrespects the essence of the religion he claims to defend. The Bible preaches compassion, justice, and human dignity, not cruelty and abandonment.

History is full of leaders who believed that brutality could bring peace. However, the cycle of violence and retribution never ends well. The protests in Israel, which Smotrich so despises, are the voice of reason, humanity, and justice. These are people who, unlike him, understand that lasting peace can only be achieved through dialogue, mutual respect, and understanding.

Ah, the true struggle is against this myopic and inhumane mentality that sees destruction as a solution. History has repeatedly shown us that such leaders lead us to the abyss. The responsibility now lies with all of us – to rise against the tide of ignorance and affirm, with clarity and compassion, that humanity can never prosper while at the mercy of idiots.

They are constant threats, persistent shadows that we must confront with the light of reason and humanity.

Only then, by reclaiming our humanity, can we prevent the echo of idiots from continuing to reverberate through the ages.

May the future find us wiser, more compassionate, and more human.