The Moral and Intellectual Bankruptcy of the Thai Middle Class
Totalitarian regimes are no strangers to Thailand as 86 years of ebb and flow of authoritarian rule since the 1932 democratic transformation have embedded in the mindset of the Thai people a spirit of tolerance towards the military’s arbitrary rule and its disdain for the rule of law.
Barely a year after the institution of the democratic system in 1932, …
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