Accordingly with the
jargon of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, Unity in Diversity, the Indonesian condition is
indeed diverse; at least there are
more than 300 ethnic groups, or 1340 tribes, 737 languages and 6 religious
groups spread throughout Sabang to Merauke. These differences have the potentials
to generate conflicts, which in the past have been manipulated by the colonial
rulers with their dissension policy. However, this difference also has the
potential to generate a great power if it is managed to be integrated
conducively in the form of awareness of having a nation and a state.
The awareness of
having a nation began to spring with the birth of the Boedi Oetomo
movement, and progressively found
their form through the Kongres Pemuda, the Youth Congress, wihich gave birth to
the Sumpah Pemuda, the Youth’s Oath.
Subsequently developing
during the era of the independence movement, strengthening unity and
totality, solidarity, sense of sharing the same fate, which generate the
fighting spirit to oust the colonial rulers from Bumi Nusantara, the
fatherland. The independence
movement has succeeded in seeing the nation to be an independent, united, and
sovereign with the declaration of the independence of Indonesia. This era was
the golden age of the fertile growth of the nationality concept in the hearts,
thoughts, attitudes and actions of the entire nation’s components. This issue was made possible by the
presence of a significant factor, which is the colonial ruler as a common
adversary, which serves as a unifier. Now the question is, what will happen if
the unifier is no longer there?
Presently, Indonesia
does not yet have this unifier and has not learned much about difference; we are more adrift and asleep in the
perception of equality as a strength.
Difference, when not well-managed, will eventually outlet in dissension
and destruction.
With that in
mind, this opportunity is taken to
offer the concept of “Adversary Profile” which is the reflection of three
elements; Toughness, Resilience, and Flexibility. These three aspects are
believed to be able to generate individual awareness to survive and at the same
time to weave conducive
interactions in differences in his community.
Accordingly, it is
necessary to undertake a study I depth whether the three elements could serve
as a prime solution to conclude difference in the strengthening of the totality
of the NKRI.
