Thai Style Democracy is the ideology of the Democrat Party (Thailand). It is a variety of fascism that incorporates biological racism, anti-northern Thai, anti-Isan, anti-Thai Malay, and anti-Thaksin. Thai Style Democracy used elements of the far-right racist Thai nationalist movement and the anti-communist paramilitary culture that fought against the communist revolutionaries in post-World War I. The ideology was designed to draw workers away from communism and into nationalism. The Democrat Party’s paramilitary organization, the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and Sailorfah (Thunderbolt) engaged in physical attacks on its opponents, including communists, red shirts, Thaksin’s supporters, and real social democrats. The Democrat party promoted Thai territorial expansionism to gain Preah Vihear Temple for Thai settlers.
Thai Style Democracy claimed that the so-called Thai master race was superior to all other races, and that the Thai were essential to human development. It also claimed that Thaksin and his people were the greatest threat to the Thai race. According to Thai Style Democracy ideology, Thaksin, Isan and northen Thai people are a parasitic race, attaching itself to various movements and systems, such as capitalism, the Enlightenment, industrialization, liberalism, democracy (not Thai style democracy), Marxism, and trade unionism, to insure its people self-preservation. To maintain what it regarded as the purity and strength of the Thai race, Thai Style Democracy ideology sought to exterminate Thaksin, his supporters, red shirts, and the physically and mentally disabled. Other groups deemed “degenerate” or “asocial” received exclusionary treatment by the Thai Style Democracy state and included homosexuals, blacks, Thai Malays, Rohinya, Laos, Khmer, Burmese, Islamic and political opponents.
Thai Style Democracy promoted an economic system that supported a stratified economy with classes based on merit and talent but rejected universal egalitarianism. It favored private property, freedom of contract, and promoted the creation of national solidarity that would transcend class differences. Abhisit claimed that unconditional equality of opportunity for all “racially sound” Thai males was the essence of Thai National Socialism. Initially, Democrat party political strategy used anti-big business, anti-bourgeois, and anti-capitalist rhetoric. This was downplayed in the 2000s to gain the support of industrial owners, and it shifted to anti-Thaksin and anti-Communist themes. The Democrat Party outlawed strikes by employees and lockouts by employers, because these were regarded a threat to national unity. Instead, the state controlled and approved wage and salary levels.
Abhisit and other proponents as well as scholars of Democrat party projected and perceived Thai Style Democracy as being neither left-wing nor right-wing but politically syncretic. Abhisit attacked both left-wing and right-wing politics in Thailand. While he accused left-wing politicians who had signed the Preah Vihear Temple’s MOU 2008 of committing treason against Thailand, he accused the political right of cowardly allowing the disarmament of Thailand as stipulated by the MOU. However, major elements of Thai Style Democracy have been described as far-right, such as allowing domination of society by people deemed racially superior, while purging society of people declared inferior.
At the moment yes, I think Yingluck is doing an OK job.
So far, there has been no major escalation and no very serious violence.
She has the respect of the international community and her electorate and has the intelligence and bearing to realise you can’t shoot yourself out of this impasse.
These protesters spit at Yingluck and her 310-Thaksin-servants-posing-as-legislators everyday while millions (not on the streets) cheer them on. To use the “full police force of the state” to quell their anger at a government that exist to serve Thaksin and only Thaksin will be folly indeed and inviting serious consequences that could truly and permanently bury the Shinawatra clan.
I asked a simple question and you attacked instead of giving a straight answer. If such a simple and obvious question puts you in a panic and sets you off on a rant then, in truth, you don’t believe what you are preaching.
To quote John Le Carre, “Questions are not dangerous, only the answers.”
“A very valid statement if you believe Yingluck has the experience, bearing, intelligence and respect to lead the country out of this crisis. Do you?”
That’s not really up to Harlan Wolff and his gang of wealthy business associates, is it?
In a democracy the Thai people would make that decision.
We could also ask does Abhisit Vejjajiva or any Democrat Party leader have the understanding of/commitment to democracy to lead Thailand out of this strife?
Well, when faced with a crisis in 2010 we all know how Abhisit and the Democrat’s reacted – they killed 90+ Thai civilians.
Accusing the Buddha of philandering is akin to blaming DASSK the primary advocator to ROL in Myanmar for the present Rohingyas/East Indians/Royal British Indian SUjects / Muslim Kalas vs Buddhist Yakhine and Bamar sectarian violence
Until the Muslim Kalas learn to live/coexist as minority as in Maulamyain the violence will continue even if the ROL/long over due just Immigration Laws are implemented.
No, I have not been that impressed with her policy decisions nor her overall leadership style.
However, one thing that does impress me is her feminine sense of forbearance. Maybe this is too much timidity or maybe it is simply patience, given what happened the last time tear gas was used against the PAD demonstrators in 2008.
I know that if it were me in the role of PM, I would not be hesitant to use the full police force of the state. The trespassers would be getting a very heavy dose of tear gas, water cannon, batons, and rubber bullets. The jails would be filling up with the ones who are currently violating the law, and I would make sure that Suthep was handcuffed and perp walked in front of a magistrate who I could trust would throw him in jail.
I would also make sure that the tear gas was manufactured in the USA, and not the Chinese brand that has a nasty tendency to injure the demonstrators’ arms and legs.
It is sad. the street protestors have really no idea why they are out on the street, other than being misinformed about Thaksin. Their financial backers have to find a good variety of southern food for them to keep them in Bangkok (not content with sticky rice and chillies) If readers listen to interesting debates currently on red channels such as Ajaan Surachai who has pin-pointed the real problem: a high level gender conflict of power played by the amaat regime. This is why reactionaries like Suthep are so confident in breaking the law because the “new government” will clear him and of course re-write the constitution to suit self-interests in the coming reign. It has nothing to do with Thaksin who was victimised all along by a higher level conflict of power involving amaat interests controlled at the PC. This is what I wrote eight years ago but it had little attention. It is not a class confict, but more to do with forces of cultural hegemony; a vertical division from the top to bottom of Thai society…A consequence of all this may well be civil war if the neo-fascists/falange manage to bring down the government. Suthep is provoking a 1973-like situation; high risk, but high stakes. The best Thais can do if they understand what democracy is about is to stand together in support of the elected government; so just let the yellow/black clowns have their own street act. We should not react strongly to their provocations (which is exactly what they want the govt to do).
I went out last night and met up with a group of friends. It was Friday night and at our age we should probably know better but we had a great time and drank way too much and ended up on the subject of politics. This group is poor and ill-educated. They own motorbikes, mobile phones and a bit of up country land.
They believe the government which they voted for and which won the election should be allowed to govern. They all said that if a better party that would represent their interests presented itself, they’d probably vote for it.
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What is to be done in Thailand?
How am I disenfranchising anyone? And why should a small handful of businessmen disenfranchise millions of voters?
Do I think Yingluck is a puppet? No.
I know for a fact she ditched the amnesty bill in direct contravention of Thaksin’s wishes and they fell out very badly.
What is to be done in Thailand?
Do you believe she is a puppet or that she is in charge of her administration?
Who’s who in Thailand’s anti-government forces?
Thai Style Democracy is the ideology of the Democrat Party (Thailand). It is a variety of fascism that incorporates biological racism, anti-northern Thai, anti-Isan, anti-Thai Malay, and anti-Thaksin. Thai Style Democracy used elements of the far-right racist Thai nationalist movement and the anti-communist paramilitary culture that fought against the communist revolutionaries in post-World War I. The ideology was designed to draw workers away from communism and into nationalism. The Democrat Party’s paramilitary organization, the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and Sailorfah (Thunderbolt) engaged in physical attacks on its opponents, including communists, red shirts, Thaksin’s supporters, and real social democrats. The Democrat party promoted Thai territorial expansionism to gain Preah Vihear Temple for Thai settlers.
Thai Style Democracy claimed that the so-called Thai master race was superior to all other races, and that the Thai were essential to human development. It also claimed that Thaksin and his people were the greatest threat to the Thai race. According to Thai Style Democracy ideology, Thaksin, Isan and northen Thai people are a parasitic race, attaching itself to various movements and systems, such as capitalism, the Enlightenment, industrialization, liberalism, democracy (not Thai style democracy), Marxism, and trade unionism, to insure its people self-preservation. To maintain what it regarded as the purity and strength of the Thai race, Thai Style Democracy ideology sought to exterminate Thaksin, his supporters, red shirts, and the physically and mentally disabled. Other groups deemed “degenerate” or “asocial” received exclusionary treatment by the Thai Style Democracy state and included homosexuals, blacks, Thai Malays, Rohinya, Laos, Khmer, Burmese, Islamic and political opponents.
Thai Style Democracy promoted an economic system that supported a stratified economy with classes based on merit and talent but rejected universal egalitarianism. It favored private property, freedom of contract, and promoted the creation of national solidarity that would transcend class differences. Abhisit claimed that unconditional equality of opportunity for all “racially sound” Thai males was the essence of Thai National Socialism. Initially, Democrat party political strategy used anti-big business, anti-bourgeois, and anti-capitalist rhetoric. This was downplayed in the 2000s to gain the support of industrial owners, and it shifted to anti-Thaksin and anti-Communist themes. The Democrat Party outlawed strikes by employees and lockouts by employers, because these were regarded a threat to national unity. Instead, the state controlled and approved wage and salary levels.
Abhisit and other proponents as well as scholars of Democrat party projected and perceived Thai Style Democracy as being neither left-wing nor right-wing but politically syncretic. Abhisit attacked both left-wing and right-wing politics in Thailand. While he accused left-wing politicians who had signed the Preah Vihear Temple’s MOU 2008 of committing treason against Thailand, he accused the political right of cowardly allowing the disarmament of Thailand as stipulated by the MOU. However, major elements of Thai Style Democracy have been described as far-right, such as allowing domination of society by people deemed racially superior, while purging society of people declared inferior.
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What is to be done in Thailand?
No, no panic from me.
At the moment yes, I think Yingluck is doing an OK job.
So far, there has been no major escalation and no very serious violence.
She has the respect of the international community and her electorate and has the intelligence and bearing to realise you can’t shoot yourself out of this impasse.
What is to be done in Thailand?
Andrew,
Addendum:
I also need to state that all the people I mentioned I was discussing politics with were Thai, as are my three children.
Disenfranchising anybody that doesn’t agree with you is hardly democratic, or do I need a dictionary.
What is to be done in Thailand?
” … to use the full police force of the state …”.
These protesters spit at Yingluck and her 310-Thaksin-servants-posing-as-legislators everyday while millions (not on the streets) cheer them on. To use the “full police force of the state” to quell their anger at a government that exist to serve Thaksin and only Thaksin will be folly indeed and inviting serious consequences that could truly and permanently bury the Shinawatra clan.
What is to be done in Thailand?
Andrew,
I asked a simple question and you attacked instead of giving a straight answer. If such a simple and obvious question puts you in a panic and sets you off on a rant then, in truth, you don’t believe what you are preaching.
To quote John Le Carre, “Questions are not dangerous, only the answers.”
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Who’s who in Thailand’s anti-government forces?
Thank you for making sense of who the players are. Excellent article. Very informative. Congratulations.
What is to be done in Thailand?
“A very valid statement if you believe Yingluck has the experience, bearing, intelligence and respect to lead the country out of this crisis. Do you?”
That’s not really up to Harlan Wolff and his gang of wealthy business associates, is it?
In a democracy the Thai people would make that decision.
We could also ask does Abhisit Vejjajiva or any Democrat Party leader have the understanding of/commitment to democracy to lead Thailand out of this strife?
Well, when faced with a crisis in 2010 we all know how Abhisit and the Democrat’s reacted – they killed 90+ Thai civilians.
Burma’s next president
Beyond all these accolades and adulation isn’t it about time all that pile these adulation really offer help that really count?
Help in heath, education and economic well being to the citizenry that will eventually promote Rule of Law.
Starting with proper training to Judges and Solicitors to the real meaning of Justice?
Burma’s next president
Accusing the Buddha of philandering is akin to blaming DASSK the primary advocator to ROL in Myanmar for the present Rohingyas/East Indians/Royal British Indian SUjects / Muslim Kalas vs Buddhist Yakhine and Bamar sectarian violence
Until the Muslim Kalas learn to live/coexist as minority as in Maulamyain the violence will continue even if the ROL/long over due just Immigration Laws are implemented.
What is to be done in Thailand?
No, I have not been that impressed with her policy decisions nor her overall leadership style.
However, one thing that does impress me is her feminine sense of forbearance. Maybe this is too much timidity or maybe it is simply patience, given what happened the last time tear gas was used against the PAD demonstrators in 2008.
I know that if it were me in the role of PM, I would not be hesitant to use the full police force of the state. The trespassers would be getting a very heavy dose of tear gas, water cannon, batons, and rubber bullets. The jails would be filling up with the ones who are currently violating the law, and I would make sure that Suthep was handcuffed and perp walked in front of a magistrate who I could trust would throw him in jail.
I would also make sure that the tear gas was manufactured in the USA, and not the Chinese brand that has a nasty tendency to injure the demonstrators’ arms and legs.
Who’s who in Thailand’s anti-government forces?
Excellent article, highly informative and refreshingly lacking in histrionics. Many thanks.
Who’s who in Thailand’s anti-government forces?
It is sad. the street protestors have really no idea why they are out on the street, other than being misinformed about Thaksin. Their financial backers have to find a good variety of southern food for them to keep them in Bangkok (not content with sticky rice and chillies) If readers listen to interesting debates currently on red channels such as Ajaan Surachai who has pin-pointed the real problem: a high level gender conflict of power played by the amaat regime. This is why reactionaries like Suthep are so confident in breaking the law because the “new government” will clear him and of course re-write the constitution to suit self-interests in the coming reign. It has nothing to do with Thaksin who was victimised all along by a higher level conflict of power involving amaat interests controlled at the PC. This is what I wrote eight years ago but it had little attention. It is not a class confict, but more to do with forces of cultural hegemony; a vertical division from the top to bottom of Thai society…A consequence of all this may well be civil war if the neo-fascists/falange manage to bring down the government. Suthep is provoking a 1973-like situation; high risk, but high stakes. The best Thais can do if they understand what democracy is about is to stand together in support of the elected government; so just let the yellow/black clowns have their own street act. We should not react strongly to their provocations (which is exactly what they want the govt to do).
What is to be done in Thailand?
A very valid statement if you believe Yingluck has the experience, bearing, intelligence and respect to lead the country out of this crisis. Do you?
Time to vote Democrat!
George Harrison interview with “uneducate” Black Shirt supporter…
http://prachatai.com/english/node/3769
Time to vote Democrat!
There are worse places than Thailand. Democracy takes time. Would you rather live in Burma ?
I doubt it….
What is to be done in Thailand?
I went out last night and met up with a group of friends. It was Friday night and at our age we should probably know better but we had a great time and drank way too much and ended up on the subject of politics. This group is poor and ill-educated. They own motorbikes, mobile phones and a bit of up country land.
They believe the government which they voted for and which won the election should be allowed to govern. They all said that if a better party that would represent their interests presented itself, they’d probably vote for it.