Let the Contest Begin: Celebrities, Artists, and Our Political Industry (Part-4)

By: Dr. Mohamad Ikhsan Modjo (Financial Economic Specialist’s BINUS International Program)

As a result, from the existing structure and behavior, it can almost be sure that the performance of the national political industry will return to running in place in the future. Improvements in government governance are just a long dream of this nation that is difficult to change. As usual, populist figures will merely function as a vehicle for vote gathering during elections and then merely become a decoration of the meeting room, a holder of sleepiness at meetings in the middle of the night.

Party leaders argue that this phenomenon is nothing more than an economic law, which states that whenever there is demand, there must be an offer (KOMPAS.com, August 11, 2008). This attribution is not correct. Because, with the same logic, the market and demand for narcotics and illegal drugs also exist and offer tempting profit prospects, but will we then supply them?

In fact, this behavior is nothing more than mere political pragmatism from the elites and party leaders. An initial step that is certainly blurry and merely reflects their temporary unawareness in identifying problems. It is also just a mirror of the inability to give birth to new thoughts and breakthroughs for a market that is increasingly boring over time.