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Face/status - the all-important ingredients in a rigidly hierarchical society.

Meanwhile on the other side of the world in a country with a long history of authoritarian centralism & welfarism-gone-mad, the French are rioting in the streets because the government wants to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.

At this stage it looks like the Ukrainian Blitzkrieg will follow rather than precede a Russian collapse.

Well as a gay I can't help noticing he's far and away the most hansum man in the room.

Interesting use of the word 'democratic' in the phrase "the democratic regime of government" ...

Virtuous after the fact. Better late than never, I guess.

My b/f told me back in 2011-2012 period - when he was doing his conscription service - that, when ORDERED by the officers to vote Yellow in whatever national election it was, "We poor Isaan boys knew what was what and we all voted Red". A lesson there on preparatory work to be done by MF & other progressives if mass protests are likely ...

Ukrainian joke, as reported in Le Monde: 2021: Russian army second in the world 2022: Russian army second in Ukraine 2023: Russian army second in Russia

The obvious question is: What's in it? What chemicals? minerals? manufactured vitamins? sugars? sodium? soy? MSG? ... Yeah, right, sounds really healthy.

Only in Thailand (or any other Third World country). Attending school is like visiting the Titanic.

Hear! Hear!

Yes, adventurous people could visit Bangkok instead of the 'Titanic'.