The Problem with Regulation

 Thorsten Krauel wrote up piece for Welt/N-24 where he talks about the heavily regulated period of China in the 1970s.  For those not familiar with the era in China....regulations basically doubled overnight.  

Even if you had money (which was this period where commerce was finally beginning to bring in real cash in China)....you had various rules limiting any travel (certainly not outside of China).

The government had a 'path' designed for working-class people to enter and exit from.....only if you were among the elite....did you get 'freedoms'.

Krauel even brings up the problem of electrical production and consumption....this was still the China that had marginally arrived in 1970 with power being available....mostly geared toward industry or priority situations.  So regular Chinese were still living in a world where power might not be on 24 hours a day.

So Krauel writes this piece as warning to regular Germans....that if a SPD-Green-Linke coalition occurs....there's going to be a upsurge on regulations, and you might wake up to find your life fairly controlled.  

The likely occurrence of in-country flights (Hamburg to Munich, Frankfurt to Berlin) being 'banned'?  I'd go and suggest it' very likely to occur by the end of 2022. 

The talk of taxes going up?  Most Germans believe....whether it's a fantasy or not.

The talk of massive upswing on looking for tax-avoidance people?  In the past month, it's been hyped up a good bit.

The chatter over internet companies being dragged in and taxed-up?  That got brought up last night via public news.  Would they just accept the tax assessment or charge up their services.....to make the consumer pay for his requirements?  It wouldn't shock me if Twitter/Facebook operations in Germany had to go and charge some monthly rate....to recover enough to pay for their German tax bill.  Even the email services might find themselves stuck into some weird taxation game.

So the 'warning' given by Krauel....as all of this happened in the 1970s of China....discontent and frustration grew....becoming a national problem as people couldn't understand the continual need to regulate things.  In his assessment....the same problem would develop in 2022 Germany.  I don't disagree with his assessment.