Strategic Rent

“Idealisme adalah kemewahan terakhir yang dimiliki oleh generasi muda” (“Idealism is a luxury item exclusively for the young aged”)
- Donny Dhirgantoro, 5 cm

There are times in life where the structured environment is inevitably impermeable. The next path is merely an extension of what precedes in similar form. Status quo, the immediate nature of a sustained, unchanged, and continuous balance of common affairs, a word we, in the name of the young, whom pledge to create a new ideal world through brilliant scientific ideas and colossal cultural movements would try to detach ourselves from. Nevertheless, there are virtues and norms inherited though our collective psyche that is far stronger than our grandest will and purest intentions. We are a society who embeds our national goal as preserving the societal balance and to avoid necessary conflict. We put a blind eye on the other alternative and have strict interpretations that would make the Wahhabis proud. Respect the elderly would translate into “give a leeway for the old women to cut in the queue”, follow the distinguished figures means “let the police smack your face for his bad day at work”, while imposing good family values roughly sounds like “that’s the bosses son, suck his dick so hard (figuratively speaking, this is) so he notices you’re around”.

On the lighter side, there has been some use of sweet power that provided some opportunities to take a (tiny) leap forward. Although utilization has not became a common theme, the shortcomings has served as deeply engraved warning for future actions. The need to lessen the ego in also in full throttle, as we reached the 5th month flying with confidence but without the gravity. Seems due process takes it place after a long due diligence report has finally been reinstated after various delays owing to the plant’s relocation. We’ll be seeing the tiny bubbles in the medium sized aquarium anytime soon.

The smiling general has passed away after multiple artificial life support equipments failed to postpone God’s will. Many are still divided over this issue, whether he is “The Father of Development” or “The Step-Father of Economic Devaluation”, should he be labeled as “Nation’s Hero” or “Nation’s Treasurer (and kept it all for himself)”. Even those with clean and proven track record in the New Order such as Emil Salim went out of his way to root for the old man on international news network . But like everything else happening in our planet, its not always black and white. And gray salutes all you opportunist out there.