Icardi

Populists are always loved by people because they tell them what they want to hear.

If we have decided to move to Thailand, there are valid reasons. I don't understand why many foreigners would like Thailand to look like western countries. But only in the flaws, because if something changes the Thais won't start respecting the rules, driving with a license, giving priority, wearing a helmet or eliminating corruption. They will only copy our bad habits. I also believe that the people are not ready to run a democracy.

In my opinion, the problem is more complex and at the root. How many Thais are there who vote and who are really informed about politics? There are but they are a clear minority, most of them are either uninformed or (worse) informed through social networks full of fake news. The Oranges have exploited this situation, focusing on populist themes that are easy to grasp but secondary for the country, hiding their true aims. In addition to the notorious abolition of the lese majeste law, they winked at the students with the proposal to abolish uniforms and at the lgbtq+ community with the promise of making mixed marriages and sex changes legal on documents. The senate of the unelected is part of this perspective, to prevent someone, relying on populist arguments, from overthrowing the entire constitutional structure, delivering the country into the hands of amateurs who are totally unprepared on major economic issues or with rather bizarre and anachronistic, such as fighting monopolies to favor small industry, which would be a perfect self-defeating move to cut off the legs of companies with the most potential at an international level.