You can spot them a mile away

You don't think the cost of living is rising:

You have no idea why your friends keep complaining about soaring prices. It is just the market mechanism and the rule of demand and supply. Prices of eggs, vegetables or gas will go up sooner or later. Why complain about slightly more expensive noodles when you can afford a new iPad or iPhone. 

 

The worsening traffic has nothing to do with the government’s subsidised first-car scheme:

With or without the first-car scheme, traffic would get worse anyway. The government’s first-car tax rebate only put some 900,000 extra vehicles on the road, with only 30 per cent of them registered in Bangkok. People who blame the first-car owners should look at themselves as the “cause” too,as they also drive. 

 

The high-speed train will be dream come true:

This project will make life easier and it doesn’t matter how the government finds the money to pay for it. As long as the project can be implemented, it will benefit all. That is why Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is so confident when she says the investment will make the younger generations proud.

 

You are not against the Mae Wong dam project:

The dam will only affect 19 of Mae Wong National Park’s 894 square kilometres. So why get upset? It will hold enough water to irrigate some 480 square kilometres of farmland. It will also help strengthen the flood prevention plan. The people who are against it just want to find fault with the government. In another words, they are anti-any development. 

 

You feel great knowing that PM Yingluck will travel abroad again:

The premier represents our country so gracefully. She comes from an election after our reputation was damaged by a coup, and every time she travels she boosts the image of the country. She works hard to open new markets for Thai products. Montenegro, for example, is an untouched market where she opened opportunities for Thailand. And oh, that Maldives trip will also boost the confidence of Thai investors in that holiday destination. Some killjoys accuse her of taking foreign trips to avoid domestic problems. Her critics just condemn her at every step she makes.

 

You have become an admirer of Sonthi Boonyaratglin:

You oppose military coups. But 2006 coup leader Sonthi Boonyaratglin is an exception. He has your admiration as he gives support to the government in its case for political reform. He was part of the problem as he staged the coup, but now his U-turn is a force in solving the problem.

 

You believe the government’s rice price-pledging policy is clean and will benefit farmers:

Rice is our country’s backbone and if the policy didn’t suit Thailand, the government wouldn’t try so hard to push it forward. Critics of this policy just try to link it to corruption. The government would never hurt farmers, who are its supporters. Now the government has just launched a new round in the price-pledging scheme. If the scheme was no good, the government wouldn’t continue with it, would they?

 

Frequent Cabinet reshuffles don’t affect your confidence in the government:

Anyone who has been given a Cabinet portfolio is deserving of it. As long as Pheu Thai and PM Yingluck are there, you are very content.

 

You are fed up with parliamentary sessions because you can’t bear the bad behavior of opposition MPs:

House speaker Somsak Kiatsuranon did his best in Parliament and it is the opposition MPs that cause problems. They shout and create chaos, with one even throwing a chair. This is unacceptable and you feel sorry for all the well-behaved government MPs.

 

You tend to be selective in reading news: 

You feel a very professional journalist is one who sings the praise of the government. On the contrary, any journalist who criticises the government sounds unprofessional to you.

 

By now you’ll be asking why this article doesn’t talk about those in the anti-government camp. The answer is easy: Just go over the 10 signs above, reverse all of them, and there you are.