Menurut gue, budaya kondangan dan apa-apa dirayakan itu adalah salah satu alasan utama penduduk miskin Indonesia sulit menabung dan accumulating wealth
Di jawa pelosok, ada istilah "kalau orang mati, sapinya ikut mati". Maksudnya, sapinya harus dijual/disembelih buat perayaan kematian (gue ga ngerti namanya apa jadi gue sebut aja perayaan kematian)
Lu bayangin sebagai keluarga, lu ditinggal mati bapak/anggota keluarga yang selama ini jadi tulang punggung, dan pas mereka meninggal lu harus "buang" salah satu aset terbesar lu
Di lombok khususnya kaki gunung rinjani, lu bakal nemuin banyak desa yang hampir tiap hari pasti aja ada perayaan. Ganti-gantian, malem ini di rumah siapa, malem nanti di rumah siapa
Yang dirayain macem-macem. Pernikahan, sambut tamu luar desa, peringatan kematian, syukur panen raya
Tentu akar masalah kemiskinan sebuah negara mostly karena sistem dan kemiskinan struktural. Tapi faktor sosio-ekonomi kaya gini juga ga bisa dianggap remeh
Days after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested the war in Iran was protected by God, Pope Leo XIV issued a sharp rebuke and called for an immediate ceasefire.
Speaking from St. Peter’s Square during the Angelus, the Pope urged leaders to “cease fire so that avenues for dialogue may be reopened,” condemning attacks on schools, hospitals, and homes after two weeks of fighting that have reportedly killed more than a thousand civilians.
Later, preaching at a parish in Rome, Leo warned against invoking religion to justify war.
“Someone presumes to involve the name of God in choices of death,” he said. “But God cannot be enlisted by the darkness.”
Udah misa?
Bacaan2 Minggu Biasa IV bagus lhoo.. terutama pengingat tentang kebahagiaan sejati yang hadir ketika ada ruang bagi Tuhan dalam hati dan berbuah dalam kasih pada sesama.
Adik2 Gen Z, ini loh sebabnya kalian gak bisa beli rumah, bukan karena tiap hari nyetarbak.
Tahun 77 dulu, gaji PNS golongan terendah saja bisa dibelikan emas 6 gram.
Sekarang, gaji ASN tertinggi saja hanya bisa dibelikan emas 3 gram.
Bambang Soesatyo’s cybertruck was spotted by a TikToker weaving through a toll road escorted by tot tot wuk wuk demanding cars ahead to clear out despite Korlantas chief saying just last week that they would suspend the use of sirens and rotators while escorting public officials.
Government tells consumers to buy unsubsidized fuel. Consumers comply in droves, flocking to foreign gasoline suppliers to the point that they run out of quota one quarter early. Government rejects additional import requests, tells everyone to buy mostly subsidized Pertamina fuel
membantu menyebarkan biar kita lebih kritis lg. Remember, We aren't living in 98 anymore (but our government still there) so we way better be more critical and smarter than they expect us to be
Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has called for calm after police ran over and killed a man during anti-gov't protests.
Demonstrators took to the streets of Jakarta after finding out lawmakers receive benefits totalling almost 20 times the average monthly salary.
fucked things happening in my country right now:
armored police truck runs over a 21 year old kid to death in the middle of protests, CCTV in protest areas shut off, police throwing tear gas at medic station, water pumps are shut off on purpose to cause floods, the list goes on