Food Estate, Farmers, and the Illusion of “Helping the Poor”

I listened to the Indonesian president’s speech on 20 May 2026 for almost one and a half hours. The longer I listened, the more conflicted I became. ┻━┻ ︵ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ︵ ┻━┻ There were numbers. Growth targets. Nationalism. Food security. Promises. But somewhere between the speeches about sovereignty and prosperity, I kept asking myself: Why does Indonesia keep repeating the same pattern? We say we want…