Lyudmila Petranovskaya: “About control”

"...the situation in the country is approximately this: - no more than 20-30% of working citizens actually do something, with a useful output. This, I'm afraid, includes everyone, from a hipster designer to a miner, from an operating surgeon to a cleaning lady, from project manager to farmer - about 60-70% are busy making sure that others don’t do something wrong. Inspectors, controls, demanding reports, everyone - from tax officers to concierges, from the police to a typical teacher. the main task is to ensure that children do not violate discipline, and the district doctor, who only stamps prescriptions, certificates and sick leaves, this also includes officials, the main thing for whom is “whatever happens” and, of course, countless “security guards” - about another 10% are engaged in helping the former fight off the latter: accountants, lawyers, consultants."