Why are there so many farang lefties in Thailand

[herfiehandbag]

23 minutes ago, susanlea said:

Road rules in Thailand are very right wing ie barely exist. Socialist western nations fine you $1000 for using a mobile phone or $400 for not wearing a seat belt.

Thailand has the same rules. It is not so much a marker of being right or left wing as one of Police incompetence and corruption.

[herfiehandbag]

37 minutes ago, jvs said:

Can  you define "Left and Right"please?

 

48 minutes ago, susanlea said:

Hitler was a socialist so most people were to his right.

 

I think that established where she is coming from!

[bob smith]

I've always wondered the same.

 

AN is littered with lefty loonies!

 

bob.

[In Full Agreement]

6 minutes ago, bob smith said:

I've always wondered the same.

 

AN is littered with lefty loonies!

 

bob.

 

 

The same thing can be said about the infestation of AN by right wing loonies.

 

 

[susanlea]

31 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said:

Not true, he was a fascist dictator. 

Fascism is aligned with socialism. Big government lots of rules. Right wing is small government few rules.

[susanlea]

24 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

Thailand has the same rules. It is not so much a marker of being right or left wing as one of Police incompetence and corruption.

No it does not. 

[impulse]

29 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said:

We left the Asian hating bigots at home.

 

Read along some more threads.  Thai bashing, Indian bashing, and Chinese bashing are predominant themes.

 

[bob smith]

10 minutes ago, In Full Agreement said:

 

 

The same thing can be said about the infestation of AN by right wing loonies.

 

 

ordinary members should be allowed to lean whichever way they so wish and be allowed to express themselves freely.

 

the powers that be should remain neutral.

 

sadly that just isn't the case here.

 

bob.

[In Full Agreement]

Just now, bob smith said:

10 minutes ago, In Full Agreement said:

 

members should be allowed to lean whichever way they so wish.

 

 

 

And just who do you think is trying to stop them, Mr. Smith?

 

 

[bob smith]

Just now, In Full Agreement said:

 

 

 

And just who do you think is trying to stop them, Mr. Smith?

 

 

read my op again.

 

bob.

[In Full Agreement]

1 minute ago, bob smith said:

read my op again.

 

bob.

 

 

Zero need for that.

 

 

 

[bob smith]

2 minutes ago, In Full Agreement said:

 

 

Zero need for that.

 

 

 

 

5 minutes ago, In Full Agreement said:

 

 

 

And just who do you think is trying to stop them, Mr. Smith?

 

 

everything you need to know in regards to my opinion is contained within my post above.

 

why the need for further clarification via your question?

 

bob.

[In Full Agreement]

 

 

The floor is all youra now Bob.     

 

I'm finished...

[bob smith]

Just now, In Full Agreement said:

I'm finished...

you never got started anyway!

 

you are a nobody.

 

bob.

[Unamerican]

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

Link to the 75 % please.

Did you know that in many Western countries they have a lot more parties to choose from than in the USA and there are much more graduations than left and righ?

Why are people supporting trump a well know racist, live in a non-white country?

What has the US got to do with the inhabitants of Thailand?? 

[Unamerican]

1 hour ago, novacova said:

Because the left suffers from the conundrum of internal contradictions 

Which left, and where, would that be? 

[Unamerican]

29 minutes ago, In Full Agreement said:

 

 

The same thing can be said about the infestation of AN by right wing loonies.

 

 

Or, as in bob’s case, simply total loonies! 

[riclag]

1 hour ago, impulse said:

A lot of expats who moved a while ago have fond memories of an American left and a Democratic Party that no longer exist.  And all they watch is the MSM, which is intent on normalizing behaviors that were taboo just a few years ago.

 

Brilliantly written, as usual!

 

[bob smith]

1 minute ago, Unamerican said:

Or, as in bob’s case, simply total loonies! 

and who might you be?

 

another secret admirer?

 

bob.

[Unamerican]

20 minutes ago, bob smith said:

sadly that just isn't the case here.

What is not the case?  How do you know? 

[cdemundo]

1 hour ago, susanlea said:

Hitler was a socialist so most people were to his right.

This is a distortion of history.

Understandable how someone lacking in critical thinking might think this;

the Nazi party was called the National Socialist party.

Guess what, people lie.

Do you think that The Democratic People's Republic of North Korea is democratic, or a Republic?

I have seen this silliness repeated in this AN forum before, I don't know if it was by the same poster or not.

 

from the Encyclopedia Britannica:

"Were the Nazis Socialists?

 No, not in any meaningful way, and certainly not after 1934. But to address this canard fully, one must begin with the birth of the party."

https://www.britannica.com/story/were-the-nazis-socialists

 

But I am sure those that like to make this claim are unburdened by any curiosity about the truth.

 

 

 

 

[mokwit]

1 hour ago, cjinchiangrai said:

Not true, he was a fascist dictator. 

He was a Socialist dictator. His party was the National Socialist German Workers Party.

[Hummin]

1 hour ago, susanlea said:

I'm a Trump supporter and I love Thailand. Right wing principles of freedom. Loads of examples of capitalism. Markets everywhere. Socialist western nations would close these markets for hygiene standards and probably ban them. Road rules in Thailand are very right wing ie barely exist. Socialist western nations fine you $1000 for using a mobile phone or $400 for not wearing a seat belt.

 

 

Why is the majority of Trump supporters poor? And believe Trump going to make America great again? Means more pocket money.

 

Poor people believe in Trump, while he grooms the Rich. 

[Hellfire]

The most ladyboy (and gay)-tolerant society in the world cannot be called right wing society. (And I find those right/left cliches being stupid in general).

 

 

[Gecko123]

1 hour ago, connda said:

I'd see the average Trump supporter fitting in well here. 
Thailand espouse traditional values; Trump conservatives espouse traditional values.
Thailand is anti-abortion; Trump conservatives or anti-abortion.
Thais are spiritually inclined although Buddhist and Animist; Trump conservatives are spiritually inclined albeit Christian.
I could go on.  Thailand is conservative and traditional; Trump conservatives are conservative and traditional.  So are most people in SE Asia and ASEAN.

You overlook the fact that Thai culture is very tolerant and inclusive while Trump's agenda is anything but. It has long been a mystery to me how an outspoken Trump supporter would be able to maintain a  peaceful household with a Thai female or why they would even choose to move to a majority non-white country in the first place.

[mokwit]

6 minutes ago, cdemundo said:

This is a distortion of history.

Understandable how someone lacking in critical thinking might think this;

the Nazi party was called the National Socialist party.

Guess what, people lie.

Do you think that The Democratic People's Republic of North Korea is democratic, or a Republic?

I have seen this silliness repeated in this AN forum before, I don't know if it was by the same poster or not.

 

from the Encyclopedia Britannica:

"Were the Nazis Socialists?

 No, not in any meaningful way, and certainly not after 1934. But to address this canard fully, one must begin with the birth of the party."

https://www.britannica.com/story/were-the-nazis-socialists

 

But I am sure those that like to make this claim are unburdened by any curiosity about the truth.

 

 

 

 

Sorry, but it was Socialism It was however an authoritarian state in that it demanded absolute obedience and subjugation of the individual to the state. The individual existed for the state. Fun fact is that German industry the "means of production" was brought under full Government control. For all those who claim Socialism has never been implemented properly, arguable it was....

[StandardIssue]

3 hours ago, susanlea said:

Thailand is more right wing than left but it appears that 75% of farangs are centre left to far left. Why move to a right wing nation? Why spend 8 years whingeing about Trump?

 

 

Thailand politics has nothing to do with my choice about living here. Respectfully  your OP is widely general and, in my opinion warrants no reply as, again Thalands politics, which you say is right wing, has no bearing on expats political leanings. I'm not out there talking politics with Thai people for a couple reasons. 1) I speak Thai but not well enough to have a meaningful political discussion. 2) A huge portion of the population is working class and do not have much insight into the actual politics going on in their country.

 

Respectfully people who make posts using such basic and general terms as "lefties" and "righties" are people who favor politicians of the same general mind set or .. again respectfully lack of an insightful mindset. DT being a politician with a very limited intelligence or good general education. A clear distinction is to look at the education and intelligence of Barack Obamaha. He was a CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER who was the editor of the Harvard Law Review. Meanwhile Trump was just a TV personality and failed businessman.

[cdemundo]

1 minute ago, mokwit said:

Sorry, but it was Socialism It was however an authoritarian state in that it demanded absolute obedience and subjugation of the individual to the state. The individual existed for the state. Fun fact is that German industry the "means of production" was brought under full Government control. For all those who claim Socialism has never been implemented properly, arguable it was....

Oh, you speak as one having authority.

Anything you assert without support must be true?

It ain't what you don't know, it's what you know that just ain't so.

[sirineou]

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Why are there so many farang lefties in Thailand

Because it takes a certain amount of intelligence to get here. 

[Gecko123]

2 hours ago, susanlea said:

Hitler was a socialist so most people were to his right.

 

 

https://www.vox.com/2019/3/27/18283879/nazism-socialism-hitler-gop-brooks-gohmert#

 

Anyone who had done any reading at all about the rise of national socialism would know that some of the first people Hitler rounded up when he came into power were the socialists.