I'm currently reading Max Havelaar and I'm wondering what Indonesian and Dutch people are thinking about this book.
Do you agree with what's written in there?
Was it a good read?
Or just say anything you like about it
I'm currently reading Max Havelaar and I'm wondering what Indonesian and Dutch people are thinking about this book
Henry Carter
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Grayson Bailey
How popular is it in Netherlands? Here it's only mentioned in textbook but people hardly read it or even know the name of Multatuli.
Wyatt Campbell
People mostly know Max Havelaar because it's a Fair Trade brand, but most know what you're talking about.
Having read it is a whole different story, however. It was my grandpa's favorite book, because he ((fought)) in Indonesia back in the revolting days, although he never fired a shot.
I think it's a good read, especially with the 'novel in a novel' type of writing, but I wanted to know whether people see more to it than 'Exploiting poor farmers is bad mkay'.
Levi Allen
reading is for fags and any nu-dutch reading this is guaranteed a cuck
Leo Brown
I see.
How do Dutch see Indonesia nowadays and what's the general opinion about the colonial period?
Nathaniel Gutierrez
We get taught about the colonial period as soon as primary school (and grandparents), where it's stressed that we did some bad stuff there, but it's not until high school that we get into detail about it, but only for the people who choose history as one of their classes (not many do this).
The general feeling towards Indonesia is pretty positive, though it's regarded as a bit of an underdeveloped Belgium. Kinda like a cousin you don't see that often anymore, but once in a while you hear him doing some things you wouldn't necessarily do yourself, but don't mind because he's partly you.
Luke Lee
And how do Indonesians generally regard the Dutch?
David Collins
90 of them dont even know where netherland is, its like "yeah they colonize us, ok", but generally dont see any difference between dutch and any euro citizen except when it come to MUH ARTIFACT.
Aaron King
That's pretty... sad to hear, at least to me.
But I guess that's the magic of FREEDOM and decolonization.
Luke Johnson
>multatuli
X--DDDD EBIN!!!!!!