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There is certainly MUCH better air and water quality back home.

Western countries, Japan and South Korea became developed countries by mass industrialisation. Thailand might not be able to repeat that in a post-modern world of robotics and AI. They would need to raise the general education level a lot and I can't see that happening so the most likely result is the middle income trap.

Probably financial reasons, For some from cold winter countries it may be climate. Most westerners in Thailand seem to be British and UK has high cost of living but low wages and pesions. Not to mention weather.

Mental health issues have increased significantly since the advent of smartphones. It is interesting that several tech company owners and executives have banned social media from their own children. There is enough academic research to suggest mobile devices pose a problem for developing brains.

Russians are trying to invade a sovereign country in Ukraine. That is called imperialism.

At least China is trying to build connections with other countries. America is very hard trying to break them and isolate itself. Whatever one thinks of China in general, I think the former is a better strategy.

Trump and his addiction to media attention surely point to the direction of some syndrome.

I agree that Trump and his lackeys are 'fighting for their own best interest'. Their own personal interests, not those of the nation and the common man.

This is more aligned with common sense against the current lunacy and idiocracy of the White House. Not that I like CCP (I don't).

Trump is doing exactly what he is meant to do - serve the best interests of USA's adversaries.

Stupid gets what stupid deserves.

Russkiy trolls in full swing. You make good comedy though.

Main difference is that Ukrainians were supposed to be brothers and sisters of Russians. Then again Russian leaders have been better than anyone to create piles of dead Russian bodies.

Putin can't just retire. He will continue until his death.

Putin could for example try to test Nato's 5th article by some aggression against Baltic states if Russia can recover its military in a few years. This is of course is just speculation and I am not suggesting that will certainly happen. He might see the West as weak, which concerning especially Europe is at least partially true. No one can get inside the head of a Soviet era former KGB man who is now a dictator in his seventies.