33 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

To be fair, it's worked pretty well for them. They let the Japanese do whatever they wanted and others took care of them later, they let US use them as a base during Viet war and got a partner (that they now have alienated), now they've opened the pins to China that's feeding the 1% trough. The elites have done well pimping their country. Thai women managed to do the same on SME level.

 

Last time they fought back, well, Bang Rajan pops to mind. After an epic arsewhoopping from the Burmese they mellowed.

You might want to find out why the Thai people have a King Taksin day. 

On 1/17/2019 at 11:41 AM, Pedrogaz said:

No need to read this article full of platitudes and nonsense. The Constitution ensures that the poor are not represented at the top levels of the country. 

Nothing will reduce inequality here unless the all mega-rich wake up one morning and stop being overweeningly  greedy. It won't happen. This is a zero sum game.....for poor people to get better off relies ultimately on the mega-rich having a bit less by either paying some taxes, getting less in kickbacks, not getting fraudulent monopolies, or by becoming citizen to whom the law applies. None of this will happen. Marx tells us that the elite will never give up the privilege they have without a fight.

After the followers of Marx seized power they were the elite and just as bad or worse than before, see Russia, Cuba, N. Korea.  

 

The firsts thing the commies do is land reform.  Uncle Ho stole all the land from the rich Catholics and gave it to the poor Buddhists and there you go - Vietnam war.  Spin it how you want but that's what really happened.  Here?  South Africa is going to take the land from the rich whites and give it to the poor blacks.  Here? 

Edited January 18, 20197 yr by marcusarelus

4 hours ago, marcusarelus said:

You might want to find out why the Thai people have a King Taksin day. 

Unable to comment. But I guess I can say to BKK dwellers, enjoy you swamp (although it's on the other side of the river).

How do you ease the I/Q gap? The motivation gap? The get-out-and-hustle gap? Going to do that by redistributing wealth from the rich and the productive or going into national debt for trillions of baht?

 

 

Edited January 21, 20197 yr by MaxYakov