Comments by "黑龍 - Hắc Long" (@-haclong2366) on "Is Indonesia a Nation State" video.

@klaudio6440 You're forgetting the fact that basically the entire nationalist government was made up of elites, they were all university educated indigenous who descended from Indians (then the term used to refer to them) that bwnwditted from the colonial system). It's also modern nationalist history to paint the people as being "a united front" against Dutch rule. Anti-Colonialist movements basically never come from the peasants, they're always led by elites. Even Communist revolutions like those of the Viet Minh were mostly led by the children or mandarins. In the Philippines independence was negotiated by the elites that ruled before the U.S. Americans came. I can't think of a single successful anti-colonist revolution that was actually headed by peasants. The average Papuan will probably not protest, but those that go to university will.
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