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Alas......Thailand is the only SE Asian country [even broader Asia] that hasn't adjusted and loosened up it's immigration/visa policies for the times. Applies to the tourists variety as well as the long-stay or resident type. None of the mounting bureaucracy and unnecessary suppressive schemes are truly unworthy.

The expected and ever present comparisons continue to be inane. Perpetually.

All this whimsy chatter and rhetorical debate regarding free elections and change is rather moot, as the system here is traditionally geared by the steadfast manipulation of Ammat patronage, elite loyalty, high blessings/permission and military-inspired coups. That's all it's ever been about.......even during those brief eras of civilian government. No change, whatsoever, will ever come about until the traditional roots are severed completely. End of.

White Supremacists and Fascists by way of tradition.

Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit Sudarat Keyuraphin Rangsiman Rome Chadchart Sittipunt Paetongtarn Shinawatra ......time for something different?

Oh dear. Really.......??

Yet, doesn't address her relative silence over the last few years, unlike her over attention seeking brother who is everywhere amongst the underground/alternative media [most of which he's designed and underwrites]. All the inane politics aside, I really don't think that she's comfortable in exile........being Thai, she misses her Thai surroundings. She's much less a sociopathic than her esteemed brother.

You must be confusing a couple of well known opium/war lords with Pol Pot, as Phem was never offered an invitation to reside in northern Thailand nor ever came close to taking up residence there. Though, it was said that he did occupy a short term living situation on the borderlands [Sa Kaew and Trat] back during those turbulent and brutal times.

Can hardly attain an upmarket pursuit when the overwhelming percentage of tourists are of a low-class character. Just an observation.

Shhhhh.. Don't wanna upset the Kool-Aid cart.

This will keep the lesser-than types distracted for a while.

Dependent on no one. Some are like that. Most aren't.

I'm coming back as something you would never recognize.

Most of which haven't a clue of what they speak of in their dreamy state. Cheers!! Keep on keeping on....????

All the while, Thailand's subliminal and perpetual policies of forced/volunteer exile of it's own, of diverse backgrounds, continues on - has it has for decades. The paradox.

Can we really trust [or become dependent upon] anything digitally/IT-born? Think about it.

Your 20% conveniently omitted the most influential entity and it's cult like power and following. All of which can be commonplace among analyst whom truly lack the understanding of how things really function here........and how all this has operated for quite some time.

....and hasn't it been of this nature here forever - regardless of the surface politics?

Yes. Two [his eldest] are not on the blacklist and reside here. And of course, politically active.

Special Autonomous Farang Zones.

Not that any of this would make a difference anyway. Only a handful really understanding why they're demonstrating.

....and what of the always lovely Yingluck? Keeping a very low profile over the last few years. Perhaps there's a hidden agenda to sneak her in the back way.

Awaiting the next designated and orchestrated coup. We'll be requiring permission, mind you.

Sure. Yet, coups have been a way of life here for ages. Why is this????? Answer this inquiry correctly and you'll be on your way to solving the puzzle. And still, most don't get it - whatsoever.

Now if the world could only convince the U.S. to take on the same moral principles. Looking in the mirror for a start, as such applies to human trafficking.