Catatan Hipatios

President Barack Obama made a  feisty pitch for economic populism  in his penultimate State of the Union Tuesday night, touting the improving economy under his watch and making the case that government has a role in ensuring equal opportunity for all. Obama began his speech at 9:10 p.m. in front of a joint session of the House and Senate, declaring that "the shadow of crisis has passed, and the state of the union is strong." "At this moment -- with a growing economy, shrinking deficits, bustling industry, and booming energy production -- we have risen from recession freer to write our own future than any other nation on Earth," he said. "It's now up to us to choose who we want to be over the next fifteen years, and for decades to come," he said. "Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well? Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and chances for everyone who makes the effort?&qu

Judul di atas sepintas sangat mendiskreditkan posisi orang tua yang ingin menjadi pemimpin. Tetapi, itulah ungkapan beberapa orang muda yang saya dapatkan ketika masuk dan membaca beberapa komentar lepas di Grup media sosial (facebook) “PEMIMPIN MANGGARAI MASA DEPAN”. Komentar lepas tersebut adalah ungkapan isi hati dan pikiran yang sudah terpatri bagi golongan tertentu di Manggarai.  Mungkin  track record  kepemimpinan di tangan orang tua dinilai buruk oleh orang-orang muda yang dikuasai idealisme. Mungkin juga, orang-orang muda yang bersemangat dan berkomiten menjaga optimisme tidak mendapatkan kesempatan untuk ikut andil membangun manggarai raya. Kedua kemungkinan itulah yang bisa diterima akal sehat saya hingga saat ini. Pertama, berkaitan dengan  track record  kepemimpinan orang tua di manggarai raya. Sejarah politik manggarai tidak pernah berada di bawah kepemimpinan orang muda. Orang tua selalu memegang estafet kepemipinan dan mendominasi kepala-kepala dinas dan instans