Democracy interests a lot of people with its challenges and hopes. Some people even consider democracy as a new religion. Most people admire it and wish very much that it will improve their lives. It is like a fresh cake taken from the oven. People have smelled the aroma as they know from media that democracy gives peace and prosperity. But smelling is not enough. They want to get a piece of the cake and taste it. Some crisis happened in our home caused not only by internal issues but also external values. Moreover, we live in an era in which everything is possible and nothing is certain. Shortly the changing of an era will bring some great values on which we must be selective to filter those values as threat or opportunities based on our identities and experiences This paper is by no means a comprehensive account of democracy or more accurately, American liberal democracy , in Indonesia. In fact, it is intended to be more suggestive than comprehensive though it is characterized by more summary than controversy.

        Kata kunci: democracy, opportunities, threat, crisis, values.