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Fences

Monday, July 7, 2025

Residential fences and walls divide social relations. A good neighbor is better than a distant friend.

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A HIGH fence can be a symbol of the loss of social cohesion between people. Even worse, a sign of the severity of corruption.

This was a conclusion made by a friend, a former neighbor in Jakarta, who had just raised the height of his fence because his motorcycle was stolen by a thief. He also installed iron spikes on top of his walls, with their tips almost reaching the roof.

The walls and iron were not just demarcations. They also severed

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