"Frustration has swung Indonesian intellectuals to two negative extremes: "apathy" towards the political processes, and; opportunism to have affairs with power."
The latter is the more detrimental, which means that intellectual opportunism takes a proactive stance to take part in manufacturing bad politics. This new pathology in today’s Indonesia is ravaging the nation and country. No longer are the same standards referred to in assessing situations. No longer are humanity and morality defined according to universal parameters. Rather, they are measured according to group interests or partial political benefits.
So, whatever means Indonesia is now interpreted according to such ways of thinking. The presence of such intellectuals, far from bringing enlightement, only brings about aggravation.”
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