The Nazis of… Indonesia?

Originally published via Armageddon Safari:

Fingered (figuratively speaking, obviously) by German state media, the radical “white supremacists” of — *checks notes* — Indonesia have been exposed, reaffirming the age-old adage that if everyone is a Nazi, no one is a Nazi!

You know, the nation-state of Indonesia that’s:

· 87% Muslim

· 100% brown outside of a tiny smattering of (presumably Nazi) expats

· 6,700 miles from Berlin

· In the southern hemisphere

But whatever. German state media’s got yarn to spin, the punchline of which is “give us control over your social media, you brown bigots!”

Via DW:

“At the scene of a November 2025 bomb attack on a school in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, security forces found a toy gun owned by the 17-year-old suspected attacker. Written on the gun were the names of Western far-right extremists, such as Brenton Tarrant and Alexandre Bissonnette.
Nearly 100 people were injured in the Jakarta attack, including the suspect. Police say he acted alone but was inspired by online extremist content.
Indonesia’s counterterrorism agency has warned that more teens are being exposed to far‑right ideology through gaming communities. Authorities report rising online radicalization and plan new measures, including tighter social media rules for minors.”

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You might be thinking, if you peruse the article above from the German Pravda, surely there’s something cited as evidence of the “white supremacy” plaguing Indonesia beyond a single instance of a bomb attack carried out by a weird incel gamer who wrote some gibberish on a toy gun.

Surely?

Alas, you would be incorrect; an incel inscribing the name of a couple of terrorists from the West on a toy gun is the sum total of the evidence presented that Indonesia is suffering a “white supremacy” epidemic.

And, on that pretext, the authorities in Indonesia, presumably under pressure from the “international community,” as it is sometimes euphemistically called, are demanding greater control over information flow.

Via E-International Relations (emphasis added):

“In the aftermath, it has been widely reported in local media that Indonesian policymakers are contemplating the imposition of greater regulation over online video games, with this interpreted variously as implying some form of restriction, or even a ban, on particular games. After receiving updates on the investigation from National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, President Prabowo Subianto requested that his cabinet explore options on how to tackle the supposed negative impacts that online games have on youth. PUBG (previously PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds), an immensely popular game developed by South Korea’s Krafton Inc., has been singled out by minister of the state secretariat Prasetyo Hadi. Beyond PUBG, however, there remains no information about what other games may be considered for restrictions. In what shape this regulatory move will materialise, if at all, remains unclear…
It should be added that this is not the first occasion in which Indonesian authorities have contemplated banning a battle royale-style game like PUBG on similar grounds. In mid-2024, reports circulated that Indonesia’s minister of tourism and creative economy, Sandiaga Uno, threatened to prohibit Free Fire, another highly popular video game. While it seems that this ban did not materialise, the stated rationale for its consideration included vague claims about the game’s “negative effects” on children and alleged cases where the game caused “child violence”.”

Somehow, at the end of the “white supremacy” rainbow, like clockwork there always seems to be state censorship.

Weird how that works.

But let’s not draw any conclusions about the motivations of the purveyors of the narrative, as the act of doing so is surely “white supremacy” itself.

Benjamin Bartee, author of Broken English Teacher: Notes From Exile (now available in paperback), is an independent Bangkok-based American journalist with opposable thumbs.

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