I just read an article written by Faisal Basri on Kompasiana under title Pak Boed yang Saya Kenal and also its comments from readers. I came to conclusion that politic only gives me more headache. Dwelling with your own idealism, trying so much to understand why people think the way they do, definitely tiring.
Most likely I was wrong. When the issue of neo-liberalism versus that-so-called-ekonomi-kerakyatan first arose, I was thinking, wasn't it ekonomi Pancasila that I'd been taught Indonesia did, in my PPKn class in Junior High Shcool? I remember they were four: liberal, communist, kerakyatan, and Pancasila. Three of them (liberal, communist, kerakyatan) have long definitions, but ekonomi Pancasila was define only by (plus-minus) 'taking advantage from liberal and communist economic system'. I don't know. Most of all, I don't care. I mean, they're just ways, theories.
In engineering, we are taught to define the goal first. In this case, most probably the goal is for each and every people to be able to fulfill their basic needs. Next step is to define the situation. Then to define best ways to handle situation so that the main goal can be reached. Then optimizing to find even better solution. Then execute the plan.
So for me it doesn't matter if it's liberal or communist or socialist or whatever system we hold as long as it can efficiently fulfill the supreme goal. Or maybe we can even make new system, shoetish-system or whatever. Making our own theories, ways, journals, shoes...
This holy crap about neo-liberalism and ekonomi kerakyatan issue, in my opinion, is just unimportant.
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