Violent Swadesi
“Boycott US products”
“Condemn Israel”
“Freed Lebanon”
That was some slogans we use to see in the media regarding the protests against Israel and it supporters (US and UK) that striking Southern Lebanon with no mercy despite of the enormous casualties on the civilian side.
The so called ‘Indonesian Swadesi” turned not to be a moral movement, rather it was becoming a political tool that (mostly if not always) have two face, hypocrisy you may say.
And this Swadesi has lost it meaning both internally and externally in Indonesia. Internal factors that affecting why such movement fails to be a sustainable culture and happened occasionally as the representation of disappointment.
External factors take the most influential role why this movement becoming only lip service among the protesters. It’s funny to see that the protesters yelling the slogan from Ford cars, wearing jeans and so much American oriented. We drove our cars with fuel from Exxon and Chevron, using electricity from US company, et cetera et cetera.
Has the Swadesi lost it meaning in this country? The pioneer in Swadesi as we all know is Mahatma Gandhi who refuse to use any kind of British product, from silk to cars, from food to dolls. The effect is definite, with all Indian nation on the same level and poor product diversification makes this movement a lighthouse to the outer world, repressing British government to withdraw their occupation on India.
We saw in Makassar, customers dragged out from a US affiliated fast food restaurants with the same sentiment yet different approach. The real Swadesi not forcing others to believe in what one believe, and not to create anarchy when it is not popular.
The violent Swadesi I prefer to call the occasional act, it is the mixture representation of poverty, unemployment, blind nationalism, and frustration.
It is better for us not to yell the slogans yet we make fool of ourselves. Fix your morale first and then do good deeds to others rather than acting like criminals.
deal!
think our morale first before evaluate the other.
setuju,aku juga baru mikirin tentang boycot2 ini.boykot2 kita ini cuman bacot doang deh. kalo gitu bikin komputer,windows buatan sendiri.pny temen India,dia nggak pernah beli baju selaen dinegara mereka.politik swadesi Ghandinya emang berhasil.jadi mereka pake fashion buatan mereka sendri dan mereka bangga akan itu..
Mental Indonesia yg kalo pake produk luar negri namanya keren..mana mungkin sihhh….. udah deh.. slogan boycot ini itu,malu-maluin… nggak nyadar sama yg ada disekitar…sebelom kita bener2 jadi negara maju..jgn banyak bacot dulu deh…bukannya harus patuh ama barat..koperatif aja dulu tapi jgn tunduk atau mau diperalat..(kalo saya sih gitu prinsipnya..)
setuju ama #2
itupun kalau mampu 
kita mesti tau diri dulu
sebenernya dalam agamaku (islam) sendiri juga gak mengajarkan tentang pemboikotan…
kalau mau melawan yah melawan musuhnya ajah, bukan barang atau produk lainnya.
yah selemah2nya iman kan kita berani melawan dalam hati…
yaitu dengan do’a… so… doa lebih utama daripada pemboikotan,
yah kalo lebih baek lagi sih emang membantu pihak yg lemah
btw… kenapa balik ke theme basic mas
gaya lama dan kuno! boykot maksa ala preman, kalau gak ikutan bisa dapat umpatan dan dibilanng pro-amerika atau israel, masih untung nggak sampai digebuk atau dibakar.
#Thuns: soale lagi bikin theme baru yang lebih sederhana dari versi basic :))
saya ikutan thuns utk selalu membantu lewat doa
gw sebenarnya juga setuju dengan boikot, asal nggak maksa/anarkis.
Basik pemikirannya khan gini : sebuah hegemoni akan langgeng karena ada kepatuhan dari yang terhegemoni. Dan hegemoni itu akan runtuh jika unsur kepatuhan dihilangkan. Dalam hal ini, kita patuh karena menggunakan produk mereka. Kita secara nggak sadar mensupport hegemoni. Boikot jika memasyarakat(dalam hal ini mendunia kali baru ngefek) pasti akan menyebabkan goyahnya sistem hegemoni.
Permasalahannya, seberapa kuat dan konsisten kita mau “membangkang” seperti itu.
Aku gak ngerti boso inggris kang tri, mbok gawe boso indonesia opo jowo ae
“Pendirian yg akan membawa ke kesuksesan”? amin makasih mas doanya semoga semua doanya mas dikabulkan Allah
gimana thesisnya mas?
wah dah bab V ya mas? good luck
semoga dimudahkan & dilancarkan segala urusannya, amin
linda koq tanya tesis terus??