Opinion: Government’s misplaced priorities has Thailand firmly back in the third world

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By James Wilson and Cod Satrusayang

 

This second round of lockdown has seen some of the most heart-breaking consequences of failed government policy, doubly so as all of this could have been avoided.

 

From a country that once praised itself for being able to contain the spread of the virus, we have transitioned to a country that is now struggling to get beds for the sick.

 

Our frontline workers are on their last legs trying to provide care to those that need it while temple crematoriums work overtime to accommodate the dead.

 

Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/29892/opinion-governments-misplaced-priorities-has-thailand-firmly-back-in-the-third-world/

 

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[RotBenz8888]

If there was any doubts, they're all gone now. Thailand is nothing but a corrupt third wold country. 

[Caldera]

While people are dying at home, desperately waiting for a hospital bed, while others struggle to get vaccinated, what does the cabinet do? Work on a Thai space program!

 

Says it all.

 

[The Farang]

6 minutes ago, Caldera said:

While people are dying at home, desperately waiting for a hospital bed, while others struggle to get vaccinated, what does the cabinet do? Work on a Thai space program!

 

Says it all.

 

And build enormous Buddha statues in Bangkok 

[Mr Meeseeks]

26 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said:

If there was any doubts, they're all gone now. Thailand is nothing but a corrupt third wold country. 

I never had any doubts, and was argued against when I voiced them in the company of other farangs.

 

Shopping malls, mass transit, apartment blocks, modern military hardware, foreign investment etc. mean nothing when you have a thoroughly corrupt and ineffective judicial system, regular military coups, a dysfunctional government, bloated civil service and little press freedom. 

 

It's called putting lipstick on a pig.

[mtls2005]

Opinion: Government’s misplaced priorities has Thailand firmly back in the third world

 

 

And back in the pre-1932 era.

 

All part of the plan, one imagines.

[worgeordie]

 But, but, Thailand has a space policy,moon landings ?

Submarines on the way, how can Thailand be classed

as a 3rd World country....( rolling eyes emoji ), because

they cannot even get the emoji's working in this 3rd

class country.....

regards worgeordie

[trainman34014]

As long as the Thai people (sheeple) continue to allow Soldiers in Parliament they will remain in The Dark Ages.  These Gangsters and the ones above them who pull their strings and issue the actual orders have to be disposed of and the quicker the better.  Nothing; absolutely nothing, will improve or progress until this happens ! 

 

 

[Sticky Rice Balls]

Just said this yesterday...as much as LOS tries to appear to be first world in times like these it shows it will always be 3rd world

 

Judge not a country how it does in good times but how it reacts during the bad times.....smh

[Whale]

It never left 3rd world status, don't let skyscrapers and the development of Phuket obscure the truth. Its a banana republic and always has been.

[statman78]

This opinion piece is spot on! Yesterday I read an excellent option piece in another English language newspaper published in Bangkok.  The writer was Ativan Achakulwisut and was published July 13.  It does a very good job highlighting how heartless this government is.

[sherwood]

Third world, maybe that is why I am still here. I wrote the other day that I would leave if I could, the trouble is the rest of the world seems to be degenerating to image the Third World demography.

Dog help us.

Edited July 15, 2021 by sherwood

[tracker1]

2 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

I never had any doubts, and was argued against when I voiced them in the company of other farangs.

 

Shopping malls, mass transit, apartment blocks, modern military hardware, foreign investment etc. mean nothing when you have a thoroughly corrupt and ineffective judicial system, regular military coups, a dysfunctional government, bloated civil service and little press freedom. 

 

It's called putting lipstick on a pig.

I too have encountered many disillusioned persons who only have rose coloured glasses and see no wrong in Thailand !

[Denim]

3 hours ago, Caldera said:

what does the cabinet do? Work on a Thai space program!

 

Says it all.

 

About what you would expect from Luna ticks

[Pattaya Spotter]

But the PM and his ministers have the best uniforms...and lots of them for different occasions.

[sammieuk1]

Tried to do everything on the cheap now all the money's been spent or squirreled away on essential army toys and Swiss accounts the covid chickens have nowhere to roost. 

[Surelynot]

3 hours ago, Caldera said:

While people are dying at home, desperately waiting for a hospital bed, while others struggle to get vaccinated, what does the cabinet do? Work on a Thai space program!

 

Says it all.

 

Could that be their escape route ?

[Surelynot]

2 hours ago, Walker88 said:

morbidly obese Carnival Barker and Snake Oil Salesman

Johnson and Gove?

[metisdead]

An off topic post trolling about US politics has been removed. 

[MasterBaker]

sorry, but it's always been in a third world

[Jimbo2014]

Thailand is just above Botswana in vaccination rates - near the bottom.

[Isaan sailor]

You took the words right out of my mouth.  Amazing candor.

[The Hammer2021]

4 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

As long as the Thai people (sheeple) continue to allow Soldiers in Parliament they will remain in The Dark Ages.  These Gangsters and the ones above them who pull their strings and issue the actual orders have to be disposed of and the quicker the better.  Nothing; absolutely nothing, will improve or progress until this happens ! 

 

 

They get killed and imprisoned for fighting the military. Ready a history book. Read a newspaper. 

[The Hammer2021]

2 hours ago, tracker1 said:

I too have encountered many disillusioned persons who only have rose coloured glasses and see no wrong in Thailand !

You are confused and you exaggerate. 

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, Caldera said:

While people are dying at home, desperately waiting for a hospital bed, while others struggle to get vaccinated, what does the cabinet do? Work on a Thai space program!

 

Says it all.

 

It's got to keep up the pretense of being Asia's best performing nation...

way to go PM.... keep up the good work.

When can we expect the big splash-down?

 

[djayz]

4 hours ago, Surelynot said:

Could that be their escape route ?

Beam me up Somchai, the s*** is about to hit the fan here. 

[djayz]

1 hour ago, The Hammer2021 said:

They get killed and imprisoned for fighting the military. Ready a history book. Read a newspaper. 

Which great nation has changed without the loss of life? Great nations are built on the blood and tears of the people who envisioned a better country, a brighter future. People who fought for what they believed was right. 

 

 

[Scott Tracy]

7 hours ago, Whale said:

It never left 3rd world status, don't let skyscrapers and the development of Phuket obscure the truth. Its a banana republic and always has been.

 

Agreed. All wind and water. Incompetent so called 'leaders'. Always has been and probably always will be a third world country. Defined now as developing... Developing into what, one asks... A basket case, perhaps?

[Thingamabob]

Always remember what it is in Thailand that keeps the corrupt in power. Something to do with the so-called golden triangle.

 

[connda]

I've been is solidly third world nations and I've lived here 14 years. 
Most of Thailand is third world with a veneer of "developing" to paint some lipstick on it.