Thai netizens mostly endorse Thaksin’s vow to return

[webfact]

 

The hashtag #พี่โทนี่กลับไทยแน่ (Tony’s definitely coming back to Thailand) was trending on Twitter Wednesday, a day after former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, popularly nicknamed ‘Tony Woodsome’, declared on chatroom App Clubhouse that he is “definitely coming back.”

 

Over the past several months, Thaksin, one of Thailand’s most polarizing political figures, has become active on Clubhouse and other social media platforms, where he discusses Thailand’s current affairs, criticizes the Prayut government’s mismanagements, and shares opinions on the strategies he would employ if he were still the PM.

 

He has been met with overwhelmingly positive responses from many Thai netizens, especially as they grow increasingly frustrated with the current government’s mishandlings and inaction over the pandemic.

 

Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/29854/thai-netizens-mostly-endorse-thaksins-vow-to-return/

 

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[Thaiwrath]

I agree that had he been at the helm Thailand would not be in the pathetic mess it is in now, all caused by incompetent people acting as politicians. I am not sure the coup fan boys will agree !

[sammieuk1]

Just waiting on the postman for his AK47 and vest and COE and he's good to go  

[ezzra]

I did't see him forking out some, little some, of his vast fortune to help any Thai people during this harsh economic times either by helping with food or god forbid try to buy some vaccines on the open market and spend some of the multi billions he made on the back of his people, re-elect him? for what benefits? so he can make MORE money?... he's no leader, he's an opportunist...

Edited July 14, 2021 by ezzra

[candide]

6 minutes ago, ezzra said:

I did't see him forking out some, little some, of his vast fortune to help any Thai people during this harsh economic times either by helping with food or god forbid try to buy some vaccines on the open market and spend some of the multi billions he made on the back of his people, re-elect him? for what benefits? so he can make MORE money?... he's no leader, he's an opportunist...

Well, it doesn't look like those who have made a fortune on the back of people since the 2006 coup have been helpful either........

[harada]

I hope his return turns out better than Benigno Aquino’s.

[Albert Zweistein]

17 minutes ago, ezzra said:

I did't see him forking out some, little some, of his vast fortune to help any Thai people during this harsh economic times either by helping with food or god forbid try to buy some vaccines on the open market and spend some of the multi billions he made on the back of his people, re-elect him? for what benefits? so he can make MORE money?... he's no leader, he's an opportunist...

There is no "open market" for vaccins.

[ezzra]

7 minutes ago, candide said:

Well, it doesn't look like those who have made a fortune on the back of people since the 2006 coup have been helpful either........

Two wrongs don't make it right, there are many multi billionaires in Thailand and we are yet to hear anyone of them spend any of their untold riches to help their destitute  fellow Thais, did you? i'd like to know which one?... 

[ezzra]

5 minutes ago, Albert Zweistein said:

There is no "open market" for vaccins.

If you'r a well connected ex-PM multi billionaire  and who are looking the get re-elected there are ways, trust me, but they didn't even been seen to try, and sometimes, that all it takes...

Edited July 14, 2021 by ezzra

[faraday]

I hope he does come back, & despite his ermm...what's the right word.. financial aquistions, at least he doesn't have a gun.

 

Something has to change, before this adopted country of ours, is bled dry.

 

 

 

[pegman]

It's been mostly all down hill since that nite in May/2014 when sweetie and I were told by a movie house manager that they were closed because the army was in the streets. My first and so far only  coup d'état. 

[Albert Zweistein]

2 minutes ago, ezzra said:

If you'r a well connected ex- PM multi billionaire there are ways, trust me, but they didn't even been seen to try, and sometimes, that all it takes...

Have tried to procure vaccines for a long time from various sources but without succes. Only state agencies are able to procure. Also tried to buy from Eastern Europe state agencies with a surplus of vaccines where brown enveloppes are common practice, no chance. Direct from the sputnik manufacturer, negative. So I am very much interested to hear from you where to find this "open market" and the ways you know.

I TRUST YOU 100 % !

[faraday]

1 minute ago, Albert Zweistein said:

Have tried to procure vaccines for a long time from various sources but without succes. Only state agencies are able to procure. Also tried to buy from Eastern Europe state agencies with a surplus of vaccines where brown enveloppes are common practice, no chance. Direct from the sputnik manufacturer, negative. So I am very much interested to hear from you where to find this "open market" and the ways you know.

I TRUST YOU 100 % !

Course you have Bertie, of course you have.

 

*Laughing emoji*

 

These multi- billionaires, are able to have, exactly what they want. 

 

I doubt that the benevolent  (555!) pharmaceutical companies, would object if one of these super rich people turned up with a fist full of Dollars & wanted buy some vials.

 

Big pharma operates to make money - lots of it. They are certainly not here to 'help the people'.

 

 

[colinneil]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He has been met with overwhelmingly positive responses from many Thai netizens

Yes if Thaksin came back and there was a fair/ honest election he would be voted in and it would be by a massive amount of votes.

Sadly that will never happen, as the so called government now in power would never permit on honest open election to take place, just look at the last election, honest fair, what a farce.

[RJRS1301]

30 minutes ago, faraday said:

Course you have Bertie, of course you have.

 

*Laughing emoji*

 

These multi- billionaires, are able to have, exactly what they want. 

 

I doubt that the benevolent  (555!) pharmaceutical companies, would object if one of these super rich people turned up with a fist full of Dollars & wanted buy some vials.

 

Big pharma operates to make money - lots of it. They are certainly not here to 'help the people'.

 

 

Just consider that "big pharma" also sink billions into research, make losses on some research, pay large salaries to informed scientists and medicos, Yes they make large profits, but take large risks. 

I am sure you take their products if prescribed and enjoy the benefits of their large investments in health and research.

Saved millions of lives>> have you?

 

Edited July 14, 2021 by RJRS1301

[Orinoco]

Does not matter who is in charge.

nothing would change much.

All people only aspire to greed, power, and money.

And nothing will be good for us anyway.

Just enjoy the thing Thailand does best, nudge, nudge, wink wink.

and forget the rest. LOL

 

[misterjames]

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The hashtag #พี่โทนี่กลับไทยแน่ (Tony’s definitely coming back to Thailand) was trending on Twitter Wednesday

Trending on twitter thanks to a paid bots by the looks of it.

[Thailand]

1 hour ago, pegman said:

It's been mostly all down hill since that nite in May/2014 when sweetie and I were told by a movie house manager that they were closed because the army was in the streets. My first and so far only  coup d'état. 

3 for us, a 4th would not be a surprise.

[scorecard]

21 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Just consider that "big pharma" also sink billions into research, make losses on some research, pay large salaries to informed scientists and medicos, Yes they make large profits, but take large risks. 

I am sure you take their products if prescribed and enjoy the benefits of their large investments in health and research.

Saved millions of lives>> have you?

 

Further, most of the big pharma are fully listed on various stock exchanges, with many shareholders holding very big parcels of shares, all for a specific reason; very strong return on investment and that also means massive greed.

 

Many of these shareholders have zero interest in ethics or morals, they strongly/ruthlessly expect the paid management to take/create many opportunities to make big sales for revenues/margin and to help increase share prices and annual returns to shareholders.

 

If the paid management aren't playing the role as above the shareholders at AGMs/extra shareholders meetings will get very angry with paid management and have no hesitation to vote to change the paid management on the spot.  

 

Extra massive sales outside of ethics is a given / is expected.

 

I recall a point in a project in Japan, the management had decided that they needed to urgently change the structure/strategies of the company and they did.

 

Sales in the next 30 days slumped by just a few %, but the data/trends showed that sales would return and increase within 60 days. The major shareholders decided to call an AGM to be held in the next 48 hours. I am my snr. consultants attended the meeting and we listened to continuous translations of the meeting dialogue.

 

At the AGM shareholders displayed extreme anger and several threatened the paid management with death, and they had their paid always present ruthless & frightening mafia with them at the meeting.

 

The paid management very quickly resigned. Several of the major shareholders present quickly presented new candidates, all the candidates were quickly duly elected and started work on the spot with newly given strategies, goals and targets, much bigger than before.

 

Near the end of the meeting one of the very angry big shareholders asked for a vote to immediately remove me and my consulting company, a vote happened and was passed. I and my company were then mentioned by name by the shareholder who had asked for the vote, we were told in strong language to leave the meeting immediately and never return to the company premises. The Japanese translators with heads buried in their upturned coat collars ran quickly from the room and into taxis and gone.

  

It happens.

 

[Thailand]

51 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Yes if Thaksin came back and there was a fair/ honest election he would be voted in and it would be by a massive amount of votes.

Sadly that will never happen, as the so called government now in power would never permit on honest open election to take place, just look at the last election, honest fair, what a farce.

No way is Thaksin coming back unless there is permission from certain quarters and the bounty on his head removed.

And yes, if an election was free and fair anybody but the current incumbents would win it but not going to happen-unless!

[rumak]

44 minutes ago, Orinoco said:

Does not matter who is in charge.

nothing would change much.

All people only aspire to greed, power, and money.

And nothing will be good for us anyway.

 

 

For the last 40 years...... whenever there is an "election"    haha   even the term makes me laugh ..........

I have spoken those words above to anyone that asked who i was voting for.   (Heck, it would be me !)

 

But of course i was kidding.  I have no deathwish to be assassinated .   The world is so easily dominated by a few because the majority still are............ hmmmm,  how to say     REALLY STUPID AND POWERLESS.

That said,  even if some noble person was put in charge... i do believe that "power"  would raise its ugly head and turn him/her  into the same self serving *******  type as all before them.

 

Live reality folks.   You are just pawns,   so try to find your little space on the board and make the best

of it .       

Edited July 15, 2021 by rumak

[brucegoniners]

The man is as corrupt as the day is long, but under his leadership this thing would have never spun out of control.

 

He's an intelligent man. The current PM is not.

[rumak]

5 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Further, most of the big pharma are fully listed on various stock exchanges, with many shareholders holding very big parcels of shares, all for a specific reason; very strong return on investment and that also means massive greed.

 

Many of these shareholders have zero interest in ethics or morals, they strongly/ruthlessly expect the paid management to take/create many opportunities to make big sales for revenues/margin and to help increase share prices and annual returns to shareholders.

 

If the paid management aren't playing the role as above the shareholders at AGMs/extra shareholders meetings will get very angry with paid management and have no hesitation to vote to change the paid management on the spot.  

 

Extra massive sales outside of ethics is a given / is expected.

 

I recall a point in a project in Japan, the management had decided that they needed to urgently change the structure/strategies of the company and they did.

 

Sales in the next 30 days slumped by just a few %, but the data/trends showed that sales would return and increase within 60 days. The major shareholders decided to call an AGM to be held in the next 48 hours. I am my snr. consultants attended the meeting and we listened to continuous translations of the meeting dialogue.

 

At the AGM shareholders displayed extreme anger and several threatened the paid management with death, and they had their paid always present ruthless & frightening mafia with them at the meeting.

 

The paid management very quickly resigned. Several of the major shareholders present quickly presented new candidates, all the candidates were quickly duly elected and started work on the spot with newly given strategies, goals and targets, much bigger than before.

 

Near the end of the meeting one of the very angry big shareholders asked for a vote to immediately remove me and my consulting company, a vote happened and was passed. I and my company were then mentioned by name by the shareholder who had asked for the vote, we were told in strong language to leave the meeting immediately and never return to the company premises. The Japanese translators with heads buried in their upturned coat collars ran quickly from the room and into taxis and gone.

  

It happens.

 

and i have one word to add to that :   Statins 

[rumak]

9 minutes ago, Thailand said:

No way is Thaksin coming back unless there is permission from certain quarters and the bounty on his head removed.

And yes, if an election was free and fair anybody but the current incumbents would win it but not going to happen-unless!

you're right.   and that "unless"  is a 5000000 to 1  shot.    Heck,  the populace here run at the first sound of a sneeze .     Just think what the sound of a gun firing would do !

[ChipButty]

Yingluck as DPM sounds good to me 

[misterjames]

13 minutes ago, brucegoniners said:

The man is as corrupt as the day is long, but under his leadership this thing would have never spun out of control.

 

He's an intelligent man. The current PM is not.

Thailand needs some candidates but they are all either linked to this guy the ccp or the military.

 

Thailand needs decent honest balanced alternative to do right by them once and for all.

[gk10012001]

2 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

I agree that had he been at the helm Thailand would not be in the pathetic mess it is in now, all caused by incompetent people acting as politicians. I am not sure the coup fan boys will agree !

He was not perfect, but he was properly elected civilian.  My first trip to Thailand was in 2004 and I thought the place was doing well. I loved it.  I have been 15 times and waiting for COVID nonsense to settle out then I retire there 6 months of every year.  But I was so dissappointed when the military coup took over.  Thailand just can't seem to follow a rule of law.  They have a knack to rationalize anything at any time if it suits their needs.

[ChipButty]

1 minute ago, misterjames said:

Thailand needs some candidates but they are all either linked to this guy the ccp or the military.

 

Thailand needs decent honest balanced alternative to do right by them once and for all.

Good luck finding someone honest in Thailand especially in the government 

[Orinoco]

2 minutes ago, misterjames said:

Thailand needs some candidates but they are all either linked to this guy the ccp or the military.

 

Thailand needs decent honest balanced alternative to do right by them once and for all.

No Hab,  people like that.

[gk10012001]

1 hour ago, pegman said:

It's been mostly all down hill since that nite in May/2014 when sweetie and I were told by a movie house manager that they were closed because the army was in the streets. My first and so far only  coup d'état. 

yes. I was there at that time sitting in a bar.  I never saw Thai people so scared.  I mean some were turning out the lights, closing the doors, really afraid of the military or police coming down hard.  Remember the 7-11s putting news paper sheets on all the windows.  I found a little massage place still quietly open on Soi Honey I think it was and passed some time there before going back to my hotel Intown Holiday. 

 

  I do also remember the yellow or red shirt marches that panicked some people earlier.