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53. Reading Activity This twentieth century has been a period of terrific dynamism. Perhaps the last fifty years have seen more developments and more material progress than the previous five hundred years. Man has learned to control many of the scourges, which once threatened him. He has learned to consume distance. He haslearnedtoprojecthisvoiceandhispicture across oceans and continents. He has learned how to make the desert bloom and the plants of the earth increase their bounty. He has learned how to release the immenseforceslockedinthesmallestparticlesofmatter. But has man's political skill marched hand-in-hand with his technical and scientificskill?The answerisNo!The politicalskillof man has beenfaroutstripped bytechnicalskill,Theresultofthisisfear.Andmangaspsforsafetyandmorality. Perhaps now more than at any other moment in the history of the world, society, government and statesmanship needs to be based upon the highest code of morality and ethics. And in political terms, what is the highest code of morality? Itisthesubordinationofeverythingtothewellbeingofmankind.Buttodayweare faced with a situation where the well being of mankind is not always the primary consideration. Many who are in places of high power think, rather, of controlling theworld. Yes, we are living in a world of fear. The life of man today is corroded and made bitter by fear. Fear of future, fear of hydrogen bomb, fear of ideologies. Perhapsthis fear is a greater danger than the danger itself, because it is fear, which drivesmentoactfoolishly,toactthoughtlessly,toactdangerously. All of us, I am certain, are united by more important things than those, which superficially divide us. We are united, for instance, by a common detestation of colonialism in whatever form it appears. We are united by a common detestation of racialism. And we are united by a common determination topreserveandstabilizepeaceintheworld. President Sukarno of Indonesia: Speech at the Opening of the Bandung Conference, April 18, 1955 Picture 3.1 (Source: destaarifta.wordpress.com) 50 Kelas XI SMA/MA/SMK/MAK Semester 154. We are often told, "Colonialism is dead." Let us not be deceived or even soothed by that. I say to you, colonialism is not yet dead. How can we say it is dead, so long asvastareasofAsiaandAfricaareunfree. And,Ibegof you do not thinkof colonialismonlyintheclassicform,which we of Indonesia, and our brothers in different parts of Asia and Africa, knew. Colonialismhasalsoitsmoderndress,intheformofeconomiccontrol,intellectual control,andactualphysicalcontrolbyasmallbutaliencommunitywithinanation. Itisaskillfulanddeterminedenemy,anditappearsinmanyguises.Itdoesnotgive up its loot easily. Wherever, whenever and however it appears, colonialism is an evilthing,andonewhichmustbeeradicatedfromtheearth.... Source: (Excerpt taken from Africa-Asia Speaks from Bandong, (Djakarta Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1955, 19-29) Picture 3.2 (Source: destaarifta.wordpress.com) 51Bahasa Inggris
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