Indonesia’s founding leaders outlined a set of national principles that somehow successfully accommodated nationalism, internationalism, Islam and Hinduism, all into one coherent identity. It’s an impressive synthesis that other countries failed to replicate.

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The only group they couldn't accomodate were the communists.

Tuned into a bit of an issue in '65, which led to Sukarno getting ousted and inadvertently enabling the genocide of millions.

The Act of Killing, hell of a film.