Comments on Indonesia Anonymus: Lesson (not) learned

I think being a politician is a career choice, at ...

2010-03-18T18:32:11.986+07:00

I think being a politician is a career choice, at least in the context of rightist/capitalist democracy. To be a politician is to be able to rule, and to rule is to attain personal gain. Long gone are days of mythical poor and solitary kings and queens who want nothing peace.

But there are also "other" kind of democracy, that is a little bit more down to earth with the

Kamil, thank you. About being ruled by politicians...

2010-03-18T14:49:40.525+07:00

Kamil, thank you.
About being ruled by politicians, we think as long as we maintain democracy, we will be ruled by politicians. There is no other options, is there? Unless we want to be ruled by say generals, or religious leaders...

One of my most favorite posts! I think we have to...

2010-03-14T01:44:50.679+07:00

One of my most favorite posts!

I think we have too many people and too diverse to be ruled by politicians.

Rusdy, You made a good point: "We need a cha...

2010-03-11T15:03:04.220+07:00

Rusdy,

You made a good point: "We need a change of heart, not just in the head."

And yes, we share the same opinion as yours: people who run for public office these days probably do not think of it as 'campaigning to be a servant'...

It's an old age question "How do we solve...

2010-03-11T10:06:07.679+07:00

It's an old age question "How do we solve world's problem".

The common answer these days usually revolve around 'education'. I doubt this alone will solve the problem. Those politicians and dictators that do bad things are not stupid.

Educating the voters to vote the good government is definitelly a way forward. The question is how are we

Guruh, Excellent point. Thank you.

2010-03-05T20:57:55.549+07:00

Guruh,

Excellent point. Thank you.

My hope is that we can learn from our past mistake...

2010-03-05T19:43:44.073+07:00

My hope is that we can learn from our past mistakes. It's all part of growing up and remember we are a big heterogeneous nation so it is not as easy as, say, Singapore or Malaysia to manage. (So would it be better to break up our republic into smaller ones? like the soviet union. look how much better the ex-soviets now in the course of just 1 decade after the fall of soviet union compared to