"Sponger" Video Exceeds 1.6 Million Views

Video against decree on "parasitism" hits all-time high on bynet.

Homel resident Maksim Philipovich lost his job in 2015. At Sejsmotechnic he used to work as driver he had not his contract extended without any explanation.

After it he had no constant job, but he did not loose his heart and became a video-blogger. He makes video of "life as it is". He shot different video and turned his eye to the decree on parasitism. And they made him popular.

Video uploaded on February 11 has already been viewed more than 1.6 million times, liked more than 56 thousand times, almost 6 thousand times shared and more than 7 thousand times commented.

According to the reaction, not "a few thousand people", but much more have boiled.

"Let them call me a sponger, parasite, whatever. The main thing is that I am not a slave! As well as all our people. We are not slaves. And the way they call us is more applicable to them... You know, Aliaksandr Ryhoravich, even if you abolish this decree, nothing will change. You've shown your attitude to the people. To those who hired you to this high position. The people will not excuse that it has been used as slaves forced to work for a penny and to obey orders of insane superiors," Maksim Philipovich says in the video.