"The ecological disaster in Sumatra (not a natural disaster that only includes earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis) in December 2025 is a tangible proof of the failure of the capitalist developmentalist ideology with the primary target of high economic growth. For several decades, some countries around the world have been hypnotized by the myth of high growth to address various social problems in order to ensure the welfare of humanity."

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Sumatra's Ecological Disaster and the Myth of High Growth

We need to immediately abandon the myth of high growth, or we are digging our own grave for our demise, as has always happened in all ecological disasters.

^{A Sonny Keraf (Kompas.id)}