STRATEGI POLITIK DEVIDE ET IMPERA BELANDA DAN RELEVANSINYA DENGAN POLARISASI AGAMA PASCA PILPRES 2019 DI INDONESIA

Abstract

The divide et impera political strategy worked effectively and was used by the Dutch to colonize Indonesia. This divide and conquer strategy has destroyed the solidity and strength of the Indonesian nation, so that it was scattered in a civil war. However, entering the 20th century, the divisive politics played by the Dutch began to be less relevant to work, so the Dutch had to give up and leave Indonesia in 1942. How the Dutch's divisive politics worked became the focus of this research. Then, how is the connection and relevance with the religious polarization that is currently sweeping the Indonesian nation to be a topic that is also discussed. This study uses a qualitative approach by examining various literature such as journals, books, documents and news information in the mass media. the political phenomenon after the 2019 presidential election that occurred in Indonesia with divisive politics in the Dutch style and there are those who benefit if there are two parties fighting with the intention of controlling the resources in Indonesia. This research finds facts, the success of the divisive politics carried out by the Dutch to colonize Indonesia for hundreds of years, including the economic dependence of the elite group in Indonesia on the Dutch; political and economic stability in the Netherlands. While the factors of failure, among others, the economic crisis experienced by the Netherlands; There was no longer the dependency of the Indonesian elite on the Dutch. The relevance to the current religious polarization is that the divide et impera politics can still work and can destroy the unity of the Indonesian nation if the conditions for its success are met.