FRIDAY, March 29, 2024
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Acceptance of Thaksin ideology is worrying

Acceptance of Thaksin ideology is worrying

Ref: "Pheu Thai wants autocracy not democracy", Letters, April 14.

I agree with almost everything the letter-writer says except the mob rule part. As much as I despise Thaksin, we have to admit that he, or technically his party, indeed commands a legitimate majority in the parliament. 
The real issue is not about mob rule because overall the election was fair, at least according to the Democrat Party (who, needless to say, were the incumbent government at the time).  Rather, it’s about how Thaksin has been able to brainwash so many people for over a decade despite having exposed his true colours time and again. Perhaps the real problem is that at least 15 million Thais share the same views as Thaksin. The most worrying part is the widespread acceptance of Thaksin ideology even while he’s in exile.
Andy Colmes
 

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