Let the Contest Begin: Celebrities, Artists, and Our Political Industry (Part-3)

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

However, theoretically, what is attributed is not intense competition but healthy competition from a market to produce optimal welfare. Furthermore, the large number of parties is not followed by a variety of ideologies and programs offered in the same amount.

Because, if examined further, many parties have similar ideological platforms and work programs or do not have at all. In other words, the products they produce are homogeneous or similar, and are substitutes for each other.

The minimal difference gives birth to deviant conduct in the national political industry. To win over voters, parties compete not by offering platform differences or programs but in terms of billboards, advertisements, and the recruitment of candidates from populist circles, such as artists.

However, healthy political recruitment should prioritize screening those with experience in dealing with various existing problems and issues, both in thought and work. Indeed, healthy political recruitment should prioritize screening those who have experience in dealing with, both in thought or work, various existing problems and issues.

The track record of a political leader’s thoughts or actions should be recorded in the public. And not just a record of personal life such as marriage, divorce, or other romantic life.