BangkokReady

Strange how it seems to be parents abusing the girls but boys abusing the parents... 🤔

Ah, correct. You jumped in with the "I don't care about...". Kind of odd, as it gives the impression that you are the one who asked the original question. Hence the confusion. 🤷‍♂️

He might very well decide that one granny is as good as any other. It could be a long trip to the hospital.

You asked about why Thai people buy expensive cars that can cost more than their houses, he explained, then I tried to help you to understand that response. I'm not sure what the problem is.

How much of their windfall will be left?

Actually better than I thought, from the headline...

It used to be that the thought of being recorded meant that people would avoid doing bad things. Now it seems that often people feel emboldened by the idea of making "content".

Yes, I think a lot of car/vehicle culture in Thailand/SEA is very close to what we associate with teens back home.

He just explained this. They get face from having a nice car as many people see it. Hardly anyone sees your home, so it doesn't gain you as much face. Thais are a lot more concerned about what other people think of them than how they actually live.

Not really. It might have been around longer or appeared in more places because of this, but when someone sees Western culture and wants to live in that way, there is no coercion involved, they simply like that culture.

Just the normal definition is fine.

No. 1, American culture is Western culture. 2, American culture isn't specifically dominant.

It doesn't. People want to follow Western culture. It doesn't need to be forced on anyone. In fact, in many cases, non-Western governments have to fight their own people in order to prevent them from embracing and living a Western cultural lifestyle.

Who's talking about American culture? Maybe re-read the thread. They're universal, but they are still largely based on Western culture. You can't just say, "Oh, they might have come from Western culture, but everyone has them now, so they aren't Western culture anymore". What you're basically picking up on, is the fact that Western culture is so dominant, that people don't even realise it's Western culture. It still is, though.

WWII involved a lot of White countries. Also, American culture isn't as dominant as Western culture.

I think he forgets that we're not actually talking about the physical toughness of a culture. One culture doesn't beat up another culture to become dominant.

I think one of the problems you get when talking about "White/Western culture", is that it is so dominant that people don't even notice it. It's basically just become "normal". So people wear Western clothes, use Western inventions, speak Western words, eat Western food, live in Western houses, but they think this is just "normal". Then say that there is no Western culture.

Didn't you notice that most Thai people walk around wearing hanboks and eating kimchi while using Korean slang and loan words???

Exactly. That isn't what you are talking about. Dominant as in it is favoured and followed more than any other single culture is. E.g. "Dominant opinion" means the opinion that most people have, not an opinion that can beat up other opinions... I'm not sure why you're trying to conflate something being physically strong. You're not really making any sense. 🤷‍♂️

How could a rule-following culture be stronger than a non-rule-following one? You don't actually seem to be talking about what everyone else is talking about. You appear to be talking about the physical toughness of a culture. This doesn't really make sense and isn't the topic here. Good for the strength of a culture though.

Well, that isn't really an example of "White culture". There are rude, pissed up old Thai men as well. You sound like you don't fully understand how dominant Western culture is. The Thais you see who don't want to be like drunken expats do actually copy their clothes, their education system, their architecture, and a lot of them would like to have their democracy.

That isn't what is being discussed. We're talking about the strength of a culture. That doesn't require any force, now.

Should the globally dominant culture, who people from others cultures admire and wish to emulate, be considered a "strong" culture? This seems like an odd question to ask.

How on Earth would that be a sign of weak culture? Rules are there to protect people and breaking them tends to put people in danger.

As I said. Foreigners tend to not experience how bad things can really get for an individual in Thailand.