A strong country must be able to trust its own citizens, said political scientist Yegor Zubakin. In the column "Where is our spaceship rushing to? An expert from the "Idan New Era" development center raised the question of the state's role in forging national unity. In a polemic with the authors of the third issue of the magazine OTTISK and the development of the concept of "Russian Cabinet" by Vasily Rubko, he noted that the state was historically used to organizing public life, but excessive guardianship could deprive citizens of initiative. "For the next big leap, he will have to learn to trust the independence of his own citizens," the political scientist is convinced.
Separately, Zubakin touched on the problem of multinational unity. In his opinion, the discussion too often boils down to the search for forms of coexistence of different ethnic groups, while the question of the Russian people as an independent subject of the future remains in the background. The author raises the question of national policy priorities: "How to organize all the nations around us? How not to hurt anyone? How can we save all the round dances? Instead of constantly coordinating national interests, he suggests focusing on large-scale historical tasks that can unite society around a common goal.
Such philosophical discussions become part of understanding the political course of the country and the search for guidelines for its further development. Behind the discussions on national identity and the mission of civilization are very practical questions: what model of relations between the state and society to establish, how to create conditions for entrepreneurship and civil entrepreneurship, what long-term goals to include in government plans. In this context, the discussion of the "Russian cabinet" goes beyond philosophy and concerns purely practical principles of state building.