Hello!
News news news... I tried thinking of a good news but I couldn't recall any that happened within that time period.
So, one of the biggest news I've heard from early September was the Indonesian Demonstration.
I was at home when all the protest happened. I live in Surabaya, so it wasn't as bad as the protest in Jakarta (the capital city). But my city shared its fair share of property damage from the protest.
You can read the reason of the protest from the link above. But there was something else behind the protest. It was suspected that the people who burned bus stations and other public facilities were not the citizens themselves, rather spies that were paid by the goverment to shift the focus of the protest into violence.
Most of the protesters were students, and students don't have the money/are not willing to spend much on buying galons of gasoline to burn for nothing. Something to consider is also the design of the posters that were published on social media, scheduling the protests. The citizens realized that those posters were fake because it looked so ugly, and that Gen Z would never design something so non aestheticly pleasing. Provocative posters designed by supposed "boomers" and not Gen Z students who were mostly protesting.
Here is an example of the fake poster made by provocators:
"The font is ugly and hard to read. An unexperienced boomer must have made this."
"Canva is free, they couldn't have used that??"
While the ones below here are the posters made by the protesters (mostly students):
The goverment tried to paint the protesters as the villains by ruining public facilities, while the protesters responded,
"We're Gen Z! Do you think we want to go out in this heat to protest? I rather stay in my bed."
"It's hard for me to wake up and take a shower, you're expecting us to burn a bus station?!"
"Gasoline is expensive! I rather use that money to eat."
"I don't have a vehicle so I need public transportation. Why would we burn it??"
It's kind of funny to see how aware our generation is. We've been labled and seen as "lazy" and "weak" for so long, those claims of protesters doing so much work to destroy didn't make sense. 😂
I don't know what a boomer is but that sounds bad! In America the government tried to set up its citizens by faking a riot and trying to anger people a few years ago too. And of course paid protesters always have signs ready to go! I mean if something is spontaneous and organic, why come they all got the exact same sign??! Well, anyway I hope you are safe next time you are there.
ReplyDeleteThank you! haha
DeleteWas insane to see everyone’s profile picture on all social media get changed into the pink and green. Salute to all of you guys standing up for these things. Stay safe when you go back again 🥲
ReplyDeleteMy girlfriend is Indonesian, so I learned about this news in detail. Korea also has a lot of history of fighting against the government, so I want to support it even more. Also, many Koreans are cheering for Indonesians!!
ReplyDeleteI heard this news too and worried it
ReplyDeletegood things you're fine
I often see Aiko sharing about these issues on instagram it’s sound rlly bad :’((( hope everyone is safe
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