SOSIALIS DEMOKRAT DALAM PRAKTEK DI INDONESIA

Abstract

This study aims to analyze democratic socialist practices in Indonesia by taking the case of the Indonesian Socialist Party (PSI) and also looking at the compatibility of democratic socialists with democratic practices in Indonesia. The method used is a qualitative method by describing the results of the analysis carried out. The results of the research show, in practice in Indonesia, PSI with its social democratic ideology shows that social democrats are different from communism, this can be seen in the form of struggles carried out by PSI who struggle in a persuasive way, evolution, does not use violence (revolution), and struggles with constitutional way by participating in general elections. The programs offered by PSI are characteristic of social democrats, namely social security programs, human rights, demanding a role for the state to maintain the welfare of its people. The failure of PSI in the 1955 Election was caused by internal factors such as PSI having no cultural or religious basis, the programs and language used were not understood by the lower class. From the practice of social democrats in Europe and Indonesia, it can be said that social democrats are compatible with or compatible with democracy, even social democrats have contributed to the development of democracy for the welfare of the Indonesian people.