The End of Dynasty Ambition Leads to Faceless Power
Author: Jacob Ereste
Freelance Journalist
The tragedy of uncontrolled ambition when wanting to seize power by any means can be disastrous. At least, excessive ambition can become endless ridicule or even insults. A real example that is happening in our country, Indonesia today, is the rampant model of dynasty power that seems forced in the era of democracy, no longer based on heredity built by any means.
It seems that this dynasty culture is a direct descendant of the capitalist system that prioritizes material values, so that all desires that are desired can be paid for at any price.
Ironically, political parties that are idolized as gardens of democracy grow and develop until they produce superior and tough party cadres actually lose their place.
It seems that this is the cause of the emergence and development of the model of the jumping squirrel politician due to losing the fight in his own cage. So that the alternative choice is to jump outside the fence of the political party that is felt to have shackled him. In fact, political parties must instill a strong ideology, not be tempted to change course like an outside creature that has no purpose.
That is the history of the dynasty political system in our country, it can be said that it began with political parties that were controlled by one dynasty without ever being able to be changed — at least since the 1998 reformation — when political parties were truly used as tools to seize power, not to build cadres in a passion for togetherness to produce ideal leaders to fulfill the interests of all parties, but simply for themselves and their families.
So the chaos that occurs as a result of political friction sharpens the appearance of power in dynasty culture. Power has been made an object of struggle by justifying all means. Even half-baked political parties can be bought through very easy transactions. In short, there is money, there are goods.
Therefore, it is inevitable that many instant leaders have emerged who stand on piles of money, not the moral strength of party members and their sympathizers who are interested in learning politics with good manners and ethics and morals with noble morals as humans who should be role models.
Therefore, it is rather difficult to mention a number of relatively strong parties — generally financially — who want to carry out a change of power, so that unlimited power has become a discourse of national leadership in our country. After all, during the Old Order, it was once enforced for the position of President of Indonesia to be for life. Although in the era of democracy that is upheld in this country, the discourse for the position of President is still not considered taboo and embarrassing to be extended, like a game of football that must be realized in the form of victory.
As a result, this is what happens outside the playing field, the fight continues as if it never ends until it has to suppress many victims. In the feud over diplomas — as camouflage to continue to appear on the surface — many victims have been claimed. If it really has to end in court, it is clear that various parties will become victims. Starting from educational institutions that are targeted, to a number of figures who give testimony that is considered a hoax, because it is not true from the real reality.
This presentation is just a signal for all parties to refrain from giving false testimony. So that lawsuits against educational institutions that have already sunk into the quagmire of the conflict that occurred clearly have logical consequences with very large stakes. At least from the noise that never subsides will make many parties lose face.
Marina Beach, May 18, 2025
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