Be proud of local products, otherwise you will starve to death
Imported goods are the deadliest poison for your wallet when global logistics routes become clogged. You need to understand the mechanism.
As soon as the Strait of Hormuz overheats, insurance premiums for cargo ships will skyrocket, and who will pass those costs on? To you, the consumer with a meager salary.
If you insist on buying Korean skincare products, American sneakers, or imported fruit, just for Instagram content, you are surrendering to the claws of inflation.
Just realize this: the minimum wage is in Jakarta, not in New York. Throw away that worthless self-confidence.
Starting tomorrow, you won’t have to set foot in that cold shopping mall anymore. Just get used to the muddy, stuffy conditions of traditional markets. In shopping malls, you pay rent, air conditioning, and the salary of a manager in a suit.
Hey, at the morning market you do business directly with small traders, you can haggle, and your money circulates in the local economy, not in the accounts of foreign companies.
Your taste buds need a reset too. That wheat is 100% imported. Bread, pasta, instant noodles – when shipping comes to a standstill, the prices can scare the living daylights out of you. Go back to your roots.
Indonesia is a culinary paradise, with cassava, sweet potatoes, and corn in abundance, without needing a tanker to get them onto your plate.
Protein: You don’t have to pretend to be an elitist figure by eating imported frozen meat. Tempeh and tofu are local superfoods that give you energy without having to empty the bank.
The choice is simple now. Do you want to look stylish and have a full stomach, or do you want to die because you are proud to eat cassava? ***tok
