When I come home to see my parents, these topics usually appear
when I talk to my dad: my job, aliens, weird/ silly gossips about our
neighbors, my nephews and nieces, problems in our country and stupid jokes. The
last conversation I had with him about problems in our country was how lotsa
people think that Soeharto era was still better than what we have today, that
they miss that era. It’s sad, especially when people who say it are educated
and knew the real truth, what really happened under that 32 years regime.
Yes, I’m
acutely aware that everything was cheaper but hell-to-the-o, he did crime against
humanity, his family and friends were practicing corruption (we’re still facing
this shitty situation, yes yes I know, you don’t have to remind me of that. Still
it wasn’t a better era, IMO), and we inherited debts from him.
My dad and I have never had faith in any ex-militants-who-turned-into-politicians.
We think that this kinda people have more tendencies to become a dictator, a
cold-hearted tyrant, and a megalomaniac than politicians with different
backgrounds. That’s why we’re a bit worried knowing that some ex-militants who
are predicted to run for the next election. Merely because some people still think
that enthrone someone who resembles Soeharto is a good idea. It
feels like they’d prefer to be blinded with temporary solutions for problems in
this country.
Seriously people, just ask Google to give you information about Soeharto's crime. I did. It will show you 1,760,000 results. And it's really heartbreaking to read those articles.
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