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Edisi Monday, April 21, 2025
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Hung and Chen
The story of Hung Chung-hai and Chen Shu Chu, who gave their lives to help others. To reach the peak of happiness is to give.
Edisi Monday, April 14, 2025
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Unmatched Funds
The play Faust tells of a strategy to overcome the drying up of state coffers. Since then, debt has been both necessary and terrifying.
Edisi Monday, April 7, 2025
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Ndasmucracy
Prabowo Subianto’s style of responding to criticism is similar to Donald Trump’s. Except Trump does not pretend to support democracy.
Edisi Friday, March 28, 2025
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Abjection and the History of Kindness
In abjection, the subject maintains the boundaries of their identity and then strengthens their differentiation with others.
Edisi Monday, March 24, 2025
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Consent Factory
Politics needs gimmicks to attract attention. We know it is deceptive, yet we enjoy it.
Edisi Monday, March 17, 2025
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Marxism, Capitalism, Nature
Capitalism and communism both exist in the Promethean fantasy of nature. Jason Moore advocates a new concept: world-ecology.
Edisi Monday, March 10, 2025
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Revolution
Budiman Sudjatmiko’s Anak-Anak Revolusi and Ma Thida’s A-Maze both tell stories about ‘revolution.’ Yet the two authors had very different fates.
Edisi Monday, March 3, 2025
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Unlucky Floors
The numbering system of floors in buildings is often overcomplicated. Do numbers really bring bad luck?
Edisi Monday, February 24, 2025
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A Frugal Lifestyle
Capitalism penetrates our daily lives and forces us to measure many things in monetary terms. It is time to be frugal.
