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        "id": 1255392,
        "msgid": "no-common-vision-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-05-24 00:00:00",
        "title": "No common vision",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "No common vision One popular theme of National Awakening Day (May 20) and the reform commemorations has been that Indonesians lack a shared vision. At the moment the only shared vision seems to be that someone else is causing the problems. If we have wealth and privileges to protect, the troublemakers are those rowdy demonstrators who stir fights and prevent the economy from running smoothly.",
        "content": "<p>No common vision<\/p>\n<p>One popular theme of National Awakening Day (May 20) and the <br>\nreform commemorations has been that Indonesians lack a shared <br>\nvision. At the moment the only shared vision seems to be that <br>\nsomeone else is causing the problems.<\/p>\n<p>If we have wealth and privileges to protect, the troublemakers <br>\nare those rowdy demonstrators who stir fights and prevent the <br>\neconomy from running smoothly. If we are poor, the problem is the <br>\ncorruptors who plunder the land and skim the people for their own <br>\nprofit.<\/p>\n<p>If our lives are boring and repressed, the villains are those <br>\nnaughty people who wear skimpy clothes and put satanic things in <br>\ntheir mouths. If our lives are rather hedonist and materialist, <br>\nthe villains are those arrogant extremists who think they know <br>\nthe will of God when they do not even know how to choose matching <br>\nboots and tunics.<\/p>\n<p>If we are smart but powerless, there are too many foolish <br>\npoliticians who cannot construct a logical sentence, let alone <br>\ntwo in a row. If we are powerful but dim, there are too many <br>\nintellectuals who criticize constantly without appreciating the <br>\nburden of responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>In this landscape, hoping to discover a common vision invites <br>\ndisappointment because there may not be one. It is perhaps better <br>\nto see reform as a negotiation in which no one gets everything <br>\nbut everyone gets something. Disputes are inevitable and a <br>\nsatisfactory outcome for the participants depends on several <br>\nquestions.<\/p>\n<p>Are they sincere, professing their goals and motives honestly? <br>\nAre they realistic, basing their aims on a coherent concept of <br>\nhuman nature and Indonesian and global society? Are they <br>\npragmatic, ready to overlook trivial differences in pursuit of a <br>\nlarger objective? If the answer to questions like these is yes, <br>\nthen reform should eventually bring rewards for most Indonesians.<\/p>\n<p>JOHN HARGREAVES<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/no-common-vision-1447893297",
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