Pinya the slave and his galley

 

Alik Bakhshi

 

Pinya the slave and his galley

 

 

     Putin once compared himself to a galley slave.

 

    Pinya the Slave, who once overconfidently took charge of the galley, is clearly failing. Recent turbulent events are inexorably driving the galley toward the rocks, threatening to shatter it into splinters. The foul-smelling underwear, hung from the mast in place of the windblown flag, despite being twice-washed, is driving away all potential rescuers. The galley's passengers, who have relied too much on Pinya the Slave, now have neither the time nor the chance to avoid disaster. And yet, as has been known since time immemorial, a slave should never be trusted, especially in such a matter as command. And this truth was followed by everyone, from the emperor to the most petty official, but the Russian people, due to their pathological unwillingness to engage in active organizational activity, and perhaps even their inability to do so (1), handed over their fate and well-being to a slave, and now nothing can save the galley and its passengers.

 

1. The People's fate, or every cricket has its place. https://alikbahshi.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-peoples-fate-or-to-each-cricket-  his_01010016616.html

 

December 27, 2020