curlylekan

I still wouldn't get the Chinese vaccine. Until the Chinese government becomes a transparent government, closer to a democratic one, there is little I will ever believe coming out of their mouths

I think; hands down, most of us knew this would be the outcome, but I would like to hear opposing points of view. Most of us are from democratic countries whose institutions are strong; thus, they do a wonderful job of staying separate from each other - "Checks and balance," but in seems in Thailand, these institutions are much more "In each others pockets"/colluding with one another, but is stuff like this needed in Thailand? The intuitions in Thailand don't seem strong enough to work on their own/stand separately from one another. I think of China in comparison. To begin, I think communism/authoritarian governments are bad for the people they serve, primarily because they lie/aren't transparent, but in certain ways, this type of government seems to have helped China since Mao; although, I think things will continue to get worse under Xi, but is Thailand at a crossroads here to make a decision which direction they want to go: the oligarchy (The current type of government structure v. the "Everyday" people?

I think we all know if Prayuth was not in power right now, he'd be preparing or already took control of the government by stating that the current government in power is handling this very poor and its a matter of national security.

Chinese thought: We need to make Thailand fall in line more like Cambodia does. We own enough of Cambodia, lets move onto Thailand, it shouldn't be a problem: the military is in the government, the people dislike the military government, and we know how to silence people well through the military, so we should put a new person in power and he will help Thailand to become Chinland even more and he will help us win the South China Sea, even though it doesn't belong to us.