SOCIAL PERMISSIVE REASONING AS INHERITED POVERTY (CRITICAL VIEW OF POLITICAL DYNASTY PRONE TO CORRUPTION)

Political Dynasty and Corruption are like two inseparable things. In Indonesia, political dynasty has been growing since the era of reformation, right after the implementation of regional autonomy system which enables the continuation of local politics succession directly. At 2018 regional election, there were five provinces with candidates from political dynasties such as: Banten, South Sumatera, West Java, East Java, and West Kalimantan. As a causality relation, corruption as the outcome and permissive behavior as the cause. In the Province of Banten, corruption occurs due to the permissive behavior stemmed socially ad structurally in the society. One of the influence of the permissive behavior towards corruption is the level of education. The lower it is, the higher the level of poverty, thus more permissive they are towards corruption, as well as the society’s lack of knowledge about negative effects of political dynasty. The people in Banten seems don’t fully acknowledge that political dynasty is degrading the essence of democracy and prone to corruption practice. This is why when the election times come with the candidates are blood related to the incumbent or the previous election winner, the society don’t have problem with it. Other aspect driving such permissive behavior is a dominant paternal culture in the society. Regarding the case of Ratu Atut Chosiyah who bribed the head of MK, Akil Mochtar, or where she was proven guilty in a health devices supply corruption case, people in Banten act normally like nothing happened. Permissive way of thinking among the society of Banten also caused by their short term memory. Until now, Ratu Atut’s dynasty still considered as a powerful political dynasty in Banten. This research used qualitative research method in explanative manner, where the target of this research was to explain the social permissive reasoning phenomenon in the society of Banten that inspires political dynasty prone to corruption, with several facts that supported data and research analysis which can be used to understand issues derived from such phenomenon