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In today's fractured world, history, memory, and economic imperatives combine in ways that make understanding these dynamics critical to grasping current strategic shifts.
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Meanwhile: mass repression. 1,200+ detained. Livestreams blocked. Protesters beaten. Digital surveillance + New Order-style coercion, fused together under Prabowo’s rule.
#Indonesia #Reformasi #Protes2025 #Democracy #Authoritarianism Full analysis here → open.substack.com/pub/roddmcgibb…
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The government’s reflex? A show of unity & token concessions. Housing perks suspended. A few MPs sidelined. Media framed protests as “chaos.” But the cartel of elites stayed intact.
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This time, anger hit the oligarchs themselves. DPRD offices burned. Finance Minister’s house stormed. Luxury cars looted. Protesters went straight for symbols of privilege & corruption.
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🚨 Since Aug 25, protests have erupted nationwide. Parliaments stormed, markets shaken, livestreams cut. At least 8 killed. The biggest legitimacy crisis since Reformasi
How the New Order’s ghosts haunt today’s Indonesia protests. A thread 🧵
The post-Suharto settlement promised democracy and opportunity, yet what materialised was a neoliberal order in which privatisation, deregulation and financialisation enriched a narrow elite while consigning millions to precarity. open.substack.com/pub/roddmcgi...
