Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Depoliticisation and Ideological Opposition




Another my op-ed in Kompas published today, my 'rant' on the lack of ideological opposition against networked elites since 2014. 

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Friday, September 2, 2022

State's Elitism


Rendy Pahrun Wadipalapa (2 Sep 2022, Koran Tempo)

My latest op-ed published today in Tempo, discussing some myths on mature democracy and how state's elitism takes control on--literally--almost everything.

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The Cost of Consensus: Prabowo's 100 Days of Political Gluttony and Fiscal Fasting

In Indonesian politics, we seem to be experiencing what medical professionals might delicately call a case of institutional constipation. Th...