Time to allow

The State Duma needs to turn off the printer, and the government to stop blocking Telegram

One of the first laws adopted by the reformers immediately after the collapse of the USSR, in January 1992 was the Law on Freedom of Trade. On the one hand, he flooded the country with the most crazy low -quality products like the famous piano -sungal drinking alcohol, but on the other hand, he allowed people to survive in the conditions of the full decay of the Soviet supply system, filled the shelves and gave millions the opportunity to legally earn in small trade without fear of a policeman. States by their nature want to control and tax everything, but sometimes they have enough prudence to take a break. First of all, for self -preservation.

Now, it seems, just such a moment. Our statesmen may have not yet understood this, but the epidemiological and economic conjunctures are such that the largest economy of the world - the USA - risk encountering the second great depression, and countries with weaker economies included in the international division of labor and trade, it will simply draw to the bottom.

The time when the state can take away all the money from citizens, and then redistribute it at its discretion, quickly comes to an end.

In the last 20 years, an incredible amount has bred state people, people with crusts, yachts and villas, and none of them is going to reduce his appetites: this means that very soon there is not enough money for everyone. In this situation, there are two ways: either try to further squeeze out money out of people and hope for the Russian Guard, or take a pause in the game called “We prohibit everything”.

I must say a bit of hopes for prudence, because people who have spent from a call to a call in the last convictions of the State Duma are able to engage in only one. Their activity gave rise to a whole genre of news in the style of “Deputies forbidden X”, where X-anything, from duty-free parcels from abroad to the legendary clatter of cats.

When the State Duma occasionally allows something-for example, gather a valernik in the forest-everyone rejoices like children.

But in general, this is clearly not the horse of our deputies. If you have worked part -time, for example, by a taxiderman, it is very difficult to rebuild once and become a zoo defender. The power of inertia is great, even if there has been no demand for stuffed animals for a long time. In the midst of quarantine, when a small business in the country loses customers and jobs, the State Duma does not see more urgent tasks than the introduction of new restrictions on bars and restaurants. The corresponding law was adopted on April 17. It prohibits the sale of alcohol in trading halls of less than 20 square meters. meters located in residential buildings - in the so -called nasal). In general, to whom the crisis, and who is engaged in his favorite business, prohibits with might and main.

In general, conscious citizens are ready to believe that the police during self -isolation should chase unconscious citizens and persuade them to sit at home - it seems that this is what they do in other countries. But there are questions: if the state has so many new powers, then maybe it's time to return something to citizens?

For example, for operational communication at the time of the epidemic, everyone has been using Telegram, which has been officially blocked in Russia for two years.

Amazingly, even this is done by the Ministry of Communications, which opened a special channel in this messenger, intended for compatriots evacuating from abroad. Initially, it was witty called @vezemdomoy_covid19, but then the name was corrected.

Maybe there is enough hypocrisy and Telegram is time to unlock officially? After all, his ban in Russia certainly does not help fight the virus.