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As it is now, decades after 1965, the people of Indonesia have no clue about any other system except their own, or about true democracy.

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Andre Vltchek
Age: 57 †
Born: 1963
Born: January 1
Died: 2020
Died: September 22
Journalist
Novelist
Photographer
Playwright
St. Petersburg
Indonesia
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Decades
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Democracy
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