Budiman Sudjatmiko: Young People Do Not Invite Back To The New Order And The Khilafah

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JAKARTA - The Chairperson of Indonesia's 4.0 Innovators, Budiman Sudjatmiko, assessed that the current student movement needs a new imagination. Budiman hopes that students will not be trapped by past nostalgia and must welcome a bright future.

According to this 1998 student movement activist, young people, especially students, can be trapped in nostalgia for past stories because of current dissatisfaction and anxiety.

"Young people are always dissatisfied with the present. There are those who invite 'let's go back to the New Order era, let's go back to the era of the Khilafah'. There are those who want to go back 20-100 years. Young people have to take the future," said Budiman in the webinar 'Hoping for a New Movement' at the National Student Fair held by ID Next Leader, Monday 14 September.

The initiator of the Village Law also urged students not to take the wrong side of history. According to him, there are only two choices, namely returning to the past or moving into the future. He then invited the students to think about the future because it is certain that the future will come.

"Young people must have historical intelligence so that they are not on the wrong side of history," he said.

Budiman introduced the Trisakti ABC concept, referring to Bung Karno's Trisakti conception. He explained that the Trisakti ABC concept includes three important ideas consisting of 3A (natural, basic, eternal), 3B (giving, having data, empowering), and 3C (love, mind, creativity).

Furthermore, 3A is related to movement in harmony with nature, equitable economic access, and sustainability. Whereas 3B is related to sufficient community income, guaranteed data rights and access to self-development.

Meanwhile, 3C deals with the emergence of a generation rich in futuristic ideas and the ability to create innovations that are presented to the wider community. Regarding love, mind, and creativity, he said that the younger generation must love what they are doing now to reach their goals and create works or creations.

In addition, technological developments also demand a more efficient and flexible student movement. The student movement must coexist with technological advances. He gave an example that in the past someone's political attitude had to be voiced through conventional means through writing, posters, and even demonstrations. Now all of that has been replaced by digital technology.

"Now it is enough to post status, create threads, or status on social media to find out someone's political attitude," he continued.

He also emphasized that the student movement must be able to support themselves and their organization, protect their rights over the data they have and have the spirit to fight for self-development to be empowered.

"The student movement must take an important role in the work of creating a harmonious order between humans and technology-based ecology," he said.