Indeed.
.....and in the end, despite what falsified political identities are projected and practiced, regardless of the powers that be - the good Thai population will continue to get on free, independent and self-sufficiently as they always have.
It might be us, the unaware outsiders, that flourish in a dreamy cognitive state that suggest Thais are under the suppressive thumb of some imagined government mechanism of their choosing.....
That's just not the way it is - never has been.
We'll insist on putting a deeper Occidental spin and reason towards most everything, which generally becomes more fanciful with each passing moment - confusing the well intended.