Hey Americans and other people of the Western nations.
Not everything is about you.
We in Indonesia have experienced hardship and democratic crisis for a good while. The protests that you are seeing right now is not new. We've been protesting for a good while. We've been suffering for a good while.
The news that said that this is all a ploy by the US government is fake. Our president love to frame our attempt to get our voices heard as "foreign intervention". Then the Western news took his words at face value.
He is a liar, a delusional old man, a war criminal. If anyone is US-backed, it's Prabowo. His in-law, the second president of Indonesia Soeharto, was supported by the US government to get in power. Look up "Jakarta Method". Prabowo was one of Soharto's trusted man. He was even involved in kidnapping students who opposed Soeharto during the 98.
Do you think that people in third world countries could only ever attempt a revolution with foreign intervention? You think we can't think for ourselves? You think we can't organize by ourselves? You think we can't fight for ourselves? What arrogance.
Our people have died in these fights. My own friends have been beaten up and got shot at. You seriously wanna spread lies about them? You seriously wanna say they fought for the wrong thing? You seriously wanna undermine their sacrifices?
This is all but the tip of the iceberg. Please look into what's going on in Indonesia right now through the people of Indonesia. We are being framed left and right by our own media, Western media, and now some of you too.
Our situation is bad enough as is. A lot of us are barely holding on to hope. Please don't worsen our hopelessness by spewing foul lies about us.
Thank you.