> I want to visit an America where I can't understand what they're saying even though it's allegedly English, where you need to work at it, absorb the local dialect.
It may be more interesting to visit such an America, but it would be a lot harder to democratically govern such an America.
then your feelings are mis-calibrated. They only have had free elections for 20 years! Aceh is practically a theocracy. Political violence is common. They just jailed under blasphemy laws the loser of of the governor's election in Jakarta.
I bet it would be a different story if you took the direction of movement of the score.
Honestly I was thinking about the presidential politics rather than regional. Indonesia is a large and diverse country. Similar population to the USA and arguably more diverse.
Based on what I know about Indonesian politics and American politics. I grew up in Indonesia for a while during the Soeharto regime, and have maintained an interest since.
It may be more interesting to visit such an America, but it would be a lot harder to democratically govern such an America.