You Are Nobody!

You Are Nobody!


If, in an old Soviet caf; with an old Soviet chef—one who, admittedly, managed to

travel the world—and a matching old Soviet management team, we raise everyone’s

salaries, update the equipment, renovate the building, and pour financial

resources into the establishment, will we get an efficient enterprise? Will the

expenses pay off?


If we invest funds into the small town where this caf; is located, renovate the

school, the hospital, and the roads, and raise the salaries of doctors, teachers,

and officials, will these very doctors, teachers, and officials start teaching,

healing, and governing any better?


Consider a stagnant socio-economic environment where people’s personal qualities

are neither sought after nor valued, but where personal connections and wordless,

spineless, incompetent sycophants are prized instead—people who are easy to boss

around, who can be blamed for failures, and who can be made to bear the losses.

Is such an environment capable of healing itself through a simple injection of

funds? Can it change without the protection of property rights, without the

freedom to defend those rights, and without the fundamental right to one's own

agency for anyone who insists upon it?


"You are nobody, and your name is nothing." In a system governed by such an

imperative, do any investments make sense, other than investments in one's own

agency? Even if, by some Divine Grace, this agency were granted to everyone, it

would be nothing more than a fleeting moment of enlightenment.


It is necessary for every individual to feel the Monkey King, Sun Wukong, within

themselves, and to be ready at any moment to defend their identity, all the way

to the Heavenly Palaces. Then, some five hundred years after the emergence of

this national hero, a corresponding archetype will form in society, the necessary

intention will arise, and the world will be astounded by the birth of a new

economic "tiger"!




Publication Details
Author: Alexandr Piatkov
Original Publication Date: 2014
Source Text: proza.ru/avtor/alexanderan
Original Publication Certificate: No. 214110200171
Translated by: AI Translator (Artificial Intelligence)
Translation Date: October 2026