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Doesn't Indonesia have a fascist past? That would explain the strong classism and immobility.



Indonesia was colonised by Europe for centuries (1). If anything, that would explain the poverty and difficulty in eradicating inequality, than a few years of “fascism”.

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Indonesia


How would that explain it? Past authoritarianism seems a poor predictor of social mobility in the modern world.


Why?


Because if you look at the countries that have high social mobility many of them have had authoritarian governments in the past/present. Japan, China, and Germany are the most obvious examples.


Germany had a fascist past as well.




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