yellow1red1 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 ธรรมาธิปไตย <is this a political party? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppy Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Not a political party, but a system of government: "ธิปไตย" is equivalent to the English "-cracy" i.e. a ruling body, and "ธรรมา" is "dharma" i.e. the teachings of Buddha. So ธรรมาธิปไตย would be "dharmacracy", a system of government in which the Buddha's teachings are supreme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a51mas Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) ....... Edited January 19, 2011 by a51mas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 That sounds like a Chamlongian ideal. Sounds good and is dressed up as something good, but is really a dictatorship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppy Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 That sounds like a Chamlongian ideal. Yes, it's certainly a Santi Asoke thing... (for those interested in Santi Asoke, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santi_Asoke). Sounds good and is dressed up as something good, but is really a dictatorship. The difference from the current system being...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 That sounds like a Chamlongian ideal. Yes, it's certainly a Santi Asoke thing... (for those interested in Santi Asoke, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santi_Asoke). Sounds good and is dressed up as something good, but is really a dictatorship. The difference from the current system being...? Well, the current system is pretty abysmal but this would be a move from one extreme to the other. My concern is more about how it would impact the life of the average citizen. I may be way off the mark, but believe such a system would greatly impinge on personal freedoms (at least much more than now). I can see it now, Thais not allowed to cross the border to go to the casinos, (gambling is a sin), the sale alcohol only allowed between 7 and 8 p.m. (if at all), the sale of meat forbidden on certain days, etc. Scarey, but will never happen. I used to really like Chamlong and was very happy when he became governor of BKK, but he seems to have gone a bit loopy since then, more extreme if you will. Back to Thai language. Sorry for the hijacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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