I anticipate that the twin-headed snake of Western far-rightism and far-leftism will invade Indonesia like smallpox invaded the Aztecs, in the next 5-10 years.
I thus anticipate the cure: "Asian Values" of Harmony. A reactionary depoliticization of society.
A potential hedge against this development (which has a pretty good chance of ending in fascistic arrests / killings / exterminations against the "woke" urban liberals if the country becomes unstable enough in a self-inflicted economic crisis) is to:
1. Decouple from the Western liberal-left cathedral in America and Europe, whose power is rapidly evaporating anyways
2. Develop a robust, technocratic, aesthetically apolitical, alternate network aligned with the East Asian technocapitals of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and especially Communist China. ("A new power is rising, its victory is at hand").
I think these have a much better chance for a successful collaboration and eventually real positive change.
Jul 25, 2025 · 6:13 AM UTC
Unfortunately, the timing is kinda bad: we are exactly at this stage. The Jokowi-Prabowo Regime is the direct result of the hyperpolarization of 2016-2019 between the Islamists and the Nationalist-Liberals. It was a highly traumatic event against our Asian values or harmony: WAGs, friendships, extended families shredded and torn apart.
This 2016-2019 polarization, in turn, emerged out of the depolarized society of the New Order, which emerged out of the hyperpolarized society of the 1950s-1965.
We can therefore make a prophecy: the fall of the Jokowi-Prabowo Regime will be brought about by a future hyperpolarization involving the two-headed snake. This future hyperpolarization, inshaallah, shall then make way for the depolarized New New New Order of Progressivism with Asian Characteristics.
This final new order, or the "Last Order" (Orde Terakhir), shall last for 1000 years and clearly will not suffer the same fate.
If this prophecy is to be believed, the action plan is to build strong and coordinated institutions / networks that acts ostensibly collaborative, wait for the loss of the Mandate of Heaven, and establish a new dynasty in the coming Day of tribulations.
