Undemocratic Means Tyranny: Misguided Thoughts

by Tom Finaldin

Bandung, The Son of The Sun

            During this time almost we all assume that democracy is the most superior political system. We think that if it was not a democracy, it means using the political system of tyranny or farthest implement the system of the Islamic State. It is heretical thoughts that caused us already crowded by limited understandings are exposed to foreign influence is very strong.

            In the Sunda known proverb teachings "Ulah kurung batokeun". In the Indonesian language roughly means "Do not live like in a shell". People who live in the shell has a very limited view. He only saw what was in the shell bounded by the walls of a coconut shell. Therefore, he and other people who also live in the shell does not know anything except that he saw it.

Good, Sunda’s ancestor have a saying like that. That is, we have to venture out of the shell. People who venture out of coconut shells will be fascinated by the breadth of the world much wider and have much choice than to live in the dark shell. He will soon be smiling happy, happy to have other things much more wearing eye, physical, and mental.

If people who have come out of the shell is soulless hermit, he will continue to be outside alone and enjoy the beauty of the outside world does not care about the other people who are still in darkness. If people were spirited fighter, he will go again in the shell, then gave the good news to people who are always in darkness. He will continue to speak about the beauty of the outside world. However, he soon will have scorn, mockery, insults from those dark. He is considered insane or delusional because it calls on the things they think are impossible. Naturally, their sight was limited. Nonetheless, a fighter is tireless and not afraid of scolding, he would continue to sensitize people to immediately towards a better state. It is because he loves people and feel very sorry for those who every day restless and had plenty of empty dreams.

In foreign terms that are similar to the adage is "Helicopter skill". That is, we must have the ability to see things from above so that our view extensive, further compared with those who were under. People who were in the street view is restricted by objects and buildings in the surrounding areas, while those in the helicopter will be clear and comprehensive. Thus, he will be more careful and wiser in taking decisions before taking action.

I deliberately put forward the saying that we understand that knowledge is very broad and the knowledge we have today very limited. This paper was written with the hope that people understand better what I have often pointed out on various occasions. Average everything I invite discussions began grassroots to academics, understand that what I say is true, that political democracy is a political system that is dangerous and destroy the human civilization. Only those, before I explain, always have a conclusion that I was expecting a tyrannical system of government or the Islamic State.

Honestly, their opinions or conclusions unilaterally could be because they have no alternative beyond what they know. That is, if not democracy, mean tyranny or the Islamic State.

This is what I mean with regard to the proverbial Sunda above. We were trapped in coconut shells for too long, maybe centuries. The reason is that we always just responding to something we can touch, we see, and we measure the size of the conventional. In fact, the science of Allah Almighty is very broad, covering everything.

Nevertheless, we can not blame because Allah alone is very thoughtful in providing knowledge, means step by step, piece by piece, not dropped down from the sky entirely as it will definitely make people confused.

Is not Quran also lowered gradually in accordance with its asbab al-nuzul?

The view was reasonable lost out because in every discussion, people always see how unfettered life in the false democracy of the New Order, all the limitations, easily frightened, and tend feudalistic. As in this democracy, people can be more free expression, using the full potential even though it does not also lead to the expected benefits.

In short, they understand democracy was perverse and misleading, but has no other choice in the sense of fear of living in isolation, if not by a democratic political system.

Gentlemen, actually lives in an atmosphere of repressive New Order is not related to democracy. Abuses by the New Order does not mean not democratic. New Order government was repressive because it does not implement the 1945 Constitution and Pancasila are pure and consistent.

The proof, is not the name of freedom of expression and association are protected by law?

Are we not mandated to love deliberation by Pancasila?

Do not we have to work together?

Do not we have to respect other humans more civilized?

In the New Order era, the rights were suppressed, restricted, restrained massively. Indeed, without democracy, if the rights set forth in the 1945 Constitution and Pancasila was given the full, our lives will be quiet, convenient, and free. Even better when compared with freedom now. Freedom that has existed in the 1945 Constitution and Pancasila it will provide a strong impetus for each hand to progress together in order to live a more noble and spiritually. In contrast to the freedom that heralded democracy that led to the split, slander, competition, and fraud.

So, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is no relationship between the repressive nature of the New Order with democracy. That is, not because of the New Order regime is not democratic life unfettered, but the prison was due to non-realization of the 1945 Constitution and Pancasila are purely and consistently by the New Order.

Without democracy we will live more freely glorious and honorable, well before man and before God Almighty.

Oh yes, about the Islamic State, I think to this day that concept remains vague and unclear. It is my view no need to explain something that certainly will never clear because Islam was revealed not to establish a state following conventional terms. Islam is not limited territorial, not bound by the terms of the conventional a state contrived by humans. In fact, if Islam is separated, dwarfed into a particular country, it seems to make Islam itself was cramped and claustrophobic. Islam is a teaching of moral improvers to achieve harmony and harmonious in the world and causes its adherents gain happiness, both physically and mentally, in this world and the Hereafter.

          Hopefully this can provide an adequate explanation can be understood though limited by space and time. May Allah never tired to give instructions to us to get out of the lostness that cause complexity of life. Amen.