>>78047285I've read some analysis on r/indonesia about this.
Yeah I know but the redditor is a Singaporean who studies a lot about Indonesian culture and knew more about Indonesia than average Indonesian.
Basically:
1. The current world is ruled by the western world, and Indonesia has little connection with the West. The only significant connection is with the Dutch, but the Dutch themselves are useless and irrelevant in the western political scene and in the grand scheme of things.
2. Because of the reason above, very little means for Indonesian to move abroad. When the former colonizer doesn't speak English and the early government's attempt to eradicate any trace of the colonizer's cultural impact, Indonesia becomes kinda isolated.
3. Indonesia is relatively peaceful. Countries like Vietnam experienced constant wars, their sane citizens were forced to move abroad, and nowadays they can use their overseas community to forge relation with the West. Look at how fast their tourism reputation grows among the American
4. Indonesia is a big country with rich cultures dating back since around 5th century. Among the earliest in Asia outside of China and India. Indonesia doesn't really need to consume foreign culture because the local cultural products are already plentiful like the Indians. No significant demand for foreign cultural products, no foreign investors wants to promote back the local culture to their own country. That would explain why a big part of Holo ID are chinese-indonesian, because they don't associate themselves with local culture nor mainland culture, so they choose to enjoy the unrelated culture like Japanese pop culture.
There are other points but I forget, and his account has been banned for some reason, likely for supporting Palestine and the kike mods got angry.
