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“I believe that Indonesia has to first be ruled by some form of a socialist system, before we can even start talking about 'democracy'.”

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Andre Vltchek

Andre Vltchek, born in 1963, is a renowned novelist from the Czech Republic. His works are known for their profound social insight and unique literary style, exploring the politics, history, and culture of Eastern Europe and Africa. Vltchek's novels are characterized by a strong sense of realism and have won him a wide audience. more

“First of all, Indonesian people have to be educated and to know what they want and what their country is all about. The interests of the people have to be put first! The entire society has to work day and night in order to improve the lives of the majority. Basically, we need the opposite of what is Indonesia right now, which is: the majority-serving business interests of the local gangsters and their foreign handlers.”

People Country Night Interest Educated Gangsters

Author:Andre Vltchek

“Decent education in INdonesia is strictly for the elites, and those who are educated are using their knowledge to extract even more from the country, and not to improve it as a whole.”

Country Educated Decent

Author:Andre Vltchek

“Indonesian people have no idea whom they are actually voting for, or of what their political system consists of. It is so easy to fool them.”

People Political Easy Fool Voting

Author:Andre Vltchek

“To create such people, such People's Representatives in Indonesia, would take decades, and they can only grow up in a fundamentally different political system, and in a totally new culture. What is now governing Indonesia is morally defunct, it is corrupt. What is ruling the country now is not even a culture or a political system: it is a disease.”

People Different Country Political Culture Growing Up

Author:Andre Vltchek