Thailand is facing a very hard time politically and economically like her neighbours in the region. The country is divided between the PAD and the anti-PAD group which turns out to be more and more violent. As far as analyses from various sources go, the way out of this complex situation would not appear easily.
Political movements on the street involve a large amount of 'capital', either money or ideology. The sad thing is: all these movements serve the purpose of only a small group of people.
What a shame.
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Preedee , i,m a fanclub of ur blog. i follow ur columns at least ten. For this i 'm not agree with ur point that Thai elites could get thier interests by making people as if a tool. coz in the same way i think that people in 2 sides 've used Thaksin as a tools for servin thier ideology, interest, and so on [though people got just a little scale of interest if compare with the elites]. so i think this conflict far from tne narrow scope in an elite class. finally this conflict won't end by just cease elites's fighting.however if they cease , the PAD will say so what! ...coz the PAD will not accept the political stance of pro-Thaksin exactly. then let's see another part of conflict.
Charn Panarut
Thanks for your comment, Charn. I agree with you on how the people, at the same time, also gain interest from using political movements. However, my point here is about how the PAD leaders have succesfully 'manipulated' their supporters in order to serve thier own interest (and their allie's). The big question mark for Thailand after Samak Govt. is that "now what?"
On the same token, fractions in Samak's government are becoming very visible. Opportunists are ready to jumpship whenever the time is right. So, Thai politics now is not "fighting for justice, morality, so forth" as so many groups have proposed.
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