Is Pancasila still relevant as the ideology of the Indonesian state and nation?
Indonesia. Is a famous country very strong democratic system. Where is Pancasila as the ideology of the nation and state to guide the Indonesian people in carrying out their social life.
Before entering the main topic about the relevance or not of Pancasila, we need to know what Pancasila is.
Pancasila comes from Sanskrit which consists of two words, namely panca which means five and sila means basis, principle or principle. So Pancasila means five principles or five principles or five principles. The easy language of Pancasila is the basis of the state which has 5 basic principles that the Indonesian people use as state guidelines, of course we all know what the five points of Pancasila are.
There is a very deep meaning in every item of Pancasila, not to forget that Pancasila also has a motto that reads "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika" which means different, but still one.
Pancasila and the motto Bhinneka Tunggal Ika have a very strong bond. This ideology is used as the basis of society for socializing, religious life, human rights, and working together.
After we know what Pancasila is and its meaning. Now let's connect it to the present Is Pancasila still relevant as the ideology of the Indonesian state and nation?
Many questions are asked by the Indonesian people about this. Because why ? We know now that the value of Pancasila is minimally applied, both from government circles and us as ordinary people. Where the values of Pancasila, have begun to fade as a result of several factors, for example technological developments, there is a mixture of foreign cultures and others.
But what about the question if I was asked for an opinion on it? My short answer is "still". In my opinion, Pancasila is still very relevant as the ideology of our country. Why ? Because there is nothing that I think is suitable that can replace Pancasila. Regardless of its contents, in my opinion, our Pancasila moral values and human values are very perfect. Compare with other countries that adhere to the ideology of capitalism, anarchism, monarchism, and others. In my opinion, this ideology is very inappropriate and inappropriate to be applied in Indonesia.
For example, we use the ideological system of capitalism, one of which is free competition for self-interest, or monarchism in which only family or close relatives are entitled to become administrators or heads of certain agencies. Is it relevant to our democratic country "of the people, by the people, and for the people".
We are a democratic country, whatever it takes is for the sake of the people of the nation and the state of Indonesia. The struggle of our heroes in liberating Indonesia and designing Pancasila was not easy. It takes a critical mind to formulate it so that it is not biased so that no one loses. Then with the present? I think it is our own fault for not always applying our Pancasila values.