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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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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