Stage set for chaotic 2024

[webfact]

 

Don’t let the drone-painted skies during the New Year countdowns fool you. That is as beautiful as 2024 can ever get, because this year is going to be the most problematic in years, not just for Thailand but also the rest of the world.

 

Domestically, imagine a bunch of lunatics dancing across a minefield absolutely oblivious to any danger. That’s how this year will pan out politically. However, what can happen internationally can make any explosion the Thais trigger look like a harmless firework.

 

Simply put, the love-hate triangle among the conservatives, Pheu Thai and Move Forward is bound to come to the boiling point this year, with digital wallet, Thaksin Shinawatra and charter amendment creating situations where ones can’t separate friends from foes. Chaos will spread from Parliament to the streets, and if a Pheu Thai-led administration cracks down on protesters, one more irony will be added to the growing pile of Thai political absurdities.

 

Among names to watch is Paetongtarn Shinawatra. As she keeps dropping down the popularity table, topped by Move Forward’s Pita Limjaroenrat at the moment, her star may actually be rising when the premiership is concerned. This strange phenomenon will elevate Move Forward and Pheu Thai from “frenemies” to full-scale enemies.

 

By Tulsathit Taptim

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-01-05

 

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[Chris Daley]

Thailand and their drone painted skies.  So they just edited out the cars on that day?  No one else saw the event?  Not one camera phone picked it up?  Or is it AI?

[Pouatchee]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

she keeps dropping down the popularity table

 

Jesus h... wth does this mean?

Never heard this idiom. Is it cantonese? (irony intended) english in a thai translators hands could start WW3

[Bobthegimp]

What if the powers that be wanted chaos and none of us went along with it?  If everyone turned off their TV and just lived in the real world the clowns would have no power over us. 

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Domestically, imagine a bunch of lunatics dancing across a minefield absolutely oblivious to any danger. That’s how this year will pan out politically

Akin to a road trip in Thailand.

[klauskunkel]

17 hours ago, Pouatchee said:

20 hours ago, webfact said:

she keeps dropping down the popularity table

 

Jesus h... wth does this mean?

 

There is a popular table, and she fell off it.

[Pouatchee]

3 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

There is a popular table, and she fell off it.

 

 lol.... i would have thought that too... but then pita is in the same situation as her... utterly bad writing

thx for the clarification not sure i understand yet... 555