User:FirstStooge

I am only an ordinary Indonesian teenager that love Althistory on one side and K-pop on the other side. Simply like that.

From my father's story, I was belong to a very ancient Banjarese noble house that formed even prior the establishment the Sultanate of Banjar in the 17th century. That house, however, deposed by ruling house of Sultans of Banjar and then became a poor land-owner family for the next centuries. So, I had a little aristocratic element on my blood.

I very proud with my Banjarese heritage and identity. I prefer to speak with Banjarese language, instead of Indonesian on my daily life. However, I am totally an Indonesian nationalist that believing on irredentism of Greater Indonesia.

Socially and economically, I am a convinced progressive liberal. I believe in free trade and laissez faire principle. But, I also a supporter of welfare state and social protection for the workers and the peasants as my country cannot build on the top of carcasses of the poors and the needy people.

But, culturally, I am little bit conservative regarding religion, and social and traditional customs. I am a devout Muslim and I must admit that I already experienced some spiritual moments during my life. However, I am not so orthodox and have a liberal stance toward religious plurality on my country. Terrorism is like an insanity within the body of Islam and I have no sympathy over it. That is simply insane.

My maternal grandfather is former Nahdlatul Ulama's activist and the head of religious office on Banjarmasin during 1950s, so I got a very conservative view on religion and culture from my mother side. Meanwhile, my paternal grandfather is former guerilla fighter during the Indonesian National Revolution with a poor land-owner family background who later had his education on the Netherlands, so I got a very revolutionary view on society from my father side.

I was a non-Marxist Socialist and a revolutionary Nationalist during my early youth. I was admiring some revolutionary figures, such as Soekarno, Lenin, and even Mussolini. However, when I went into K-pop during my 16th, I became more liberal and increasingly embraced Social Liberalism as my political view. Sutan Syahrir is my political and ideological hero for now so far.

So, in conclusion, I am a Social Liberal with a moderate tendency regarding Islam and a conservative tendency regarding Indonesian nationalism and my Banjarese identity.


 * My timeline: Myomi Republic
 * My sandbox: FirstStooge/Sandbox
 * My ideas page: FirstStooge/Ideas
 * Alternate language project: User:FirstStooge/Language project

Favorite words
-, ' (1945) - , ' (1945) - , Journal of Baekbeom (1947) ''I want our nation to be the most beautiful in the world. By this I do not mean the most powerful nation. Because I have felt the pain of being invaded by another nation, I do not want my nation to invade others. [...] The only thing that I desire in infinite quantity is the power of a noble culture. This is because the power of culture both makes ourselves happy and gives happiness to others.'' -, Journal of Baekbeom (1947) -, Address at the Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul (2 September 1901) -, as quoted in Turkey Today (1928) by Grace Ellison -, an excerpt of the famous "Barber Speech" from  (1940) -, as quoted from the 300th episode of  (20 October 2012) -, as quoted from the 300th episode of  (20 October 2012) -, as quoted in Ho Chi Minh and His Vietnam: A Personal Memoir (1972) by Jean Sainteny -, as quoted in The Jewel of Africa Vol. 1, (1968)
 * A national revolution is only the result of a democratic revolution, and nationalism should be second to democracy. The State of Indonesia is only a name we give to the essence we intend and aim for.
 * Our strength must exist in cultivating feelings of justice and humanity. Only a nationalism that is founded in these feelings will take us further in world history.
 * Philosophies change and theories of politics and economics are only a snap, but a nation's success is everlasting.
 * (Regarding )
 * No prosperity and no glory can save a nation that is rotten at heart.
 * Superstition must go.
 * We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other happiness, not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. 
 * My latest worry is  could disappear even next week. And, if this program were to disappear, I feel like I'll disappear too (as entertainer)...One day, this program will probably disappear...But, I'm anxious because I'm worried that will affect my life in a shattering way.
 * For some reason, I feel like my life as an entertainer will go if  get cancelled...From now on, no matter how hard we try, to do a same fun thing in another variety show like we always do in this program (Infinite Challenge), I think that is even too difficult for me (as a National MC).
 * Nothing is more precious than Independence and Liberty.
 * Capitalism is a development by refinement from feudalism just as feudalism is a development by refinement from slavery. Capitalism is but the gentleman's method of slavery.

August 2013

 * Japan
 * China
 * Spain

September 2013

 * Russian Empire
 * France
 * Italy
 * Spain

October 2013

 * Congo
 * French Indochina
 * British Empire
 * Ghana
 * West African Federation

November 2013

 * Indonesia

December 2013

 * Poland
 * Burma
 * Indonesia

January 2014

 * National Anthems
 * Flags
 * Corsican Republic

February 2014

 * East Germany
 * West Germany
 * President of the Republic of Japan
 * Council of Ministers of Japan

March 2014

 * World War II
 * Scandinavia
 * Finland
 * United States