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  I once read an article that satirized the current economic condition of Timor-Leste. It’s said Timor-Leste only got independence, not welfare like other independent countries. Implicitly, the core of the article said that the people of Timor-Leste would live better if they did not separate themselves from Indonesia. At the time of the 1998 referendum, I was no more than 4 years old. But I still remember my father grumbling when he heard the news that the result of the referendum had won independence for Timor Leste. He said, “So don’t just build an island. We have sandalwood; please take it to make it rich; then we will be poor and poor.” It turned out that my father was insinuating his own country, Indonesia. But not with my mother, who felt that Timor Leste should remain with Indonesia because West Timor had become part of Indonesia (the politics of different countries could be an obstacle to sibling relations; maybe that was what my mother meant). Our relatives and friends w...

Image Source : Aliansi Solidaritas Besipae Who doesn’t know the United States? As a superpower country, the United States can be said to be a reference for developing countries in determining their public policies. The great economic progress of the United States is also an example that is often presented when their economy wants to be built. However, these developing countries forget that in order to become a superpower, many have to be sacrificed at the start of planning. For example, in the 15th century, when European explorers were colonizing the Americas, they carried out a lot of genocide against Indian tribes. The struggle for territorial power became one of the reasons for the genocide of the Indian tribes; even for those who were still alive, European explorers forced them to forget their ancestral customs. Starting from the prohibition of the use of the native languages of the Indian tribes, the use of Indian tribal languages led to the destruction of the traditional territo...