In the Possibility Trap
There has been lots of commotion since early 2019. It not known what else might happen in the future. What is the ideal stance of the state in the midst of this complexity?
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There has been lots of commotion since early 2019: (a) social divisions ahead of the 17 April 2019 elections with "identity politics" as the dominant narrative; (b) post-election riots; (c) the attack on the Papuan dormitory in Surabaya, which was followed by protests; (d) polemic on the election of new Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders and revision of the KPK Law; and (e) forest fires that affected as far as Singapore.
It not known what else might happen in the future. What is the ideal stance of the state in the midst of this complexity? The idea of "centripetal democracy" of Joseph Lacey (2017) is perhaps an illustration that needs to be looked into. Departing from the lingua franca\'s thesis on a sustainable democratic system, Lacey highlighted the weakness of democratic legitimacy and political identity in Belgium, Switzerland and the European Union in general.