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The same article said the one telling sign was street vendors closing up.
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That's not different from handing out pork barrel projects.Originally posted by cinch
(A) Handing out meaningless cash from time to time, as atawa has stated, rather than addressing key economic or infrastructural problems.
The state media is controlled by the state, and being the PM, he's the head of the state. So he's in control of the state media. Is there something wrong about that?Originally posted by cinch
(B) Controlling the state media.
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(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."Comment
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Yes, when you turn the state media into a mouthpiece for your political party.Originally posted by Urban Ranger
The state media is controlled by the state, and being the PM, he's the head of the state. So he's in control of the state media. Is there something wrong about that?
Besides, the PM is not the head of state. He is the head of government.THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTFComment
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Any party wanting to win an election in Thailand will have to make sure he gets the rural votes.Originally posted by Odin
I'm sure the opposition would do the same thing except with handouts to the urban elites instead of handouts to the rural poor. Taksin isn't an angel, but I doubt the opposition are either.
What was ironic about this goverment is that Taksin came to power on a "Thailand for the Thai" campaign, but pretty much the only thing he did was selling of Thai assets half price to foreign companies while boosting his own companies with favourable taxlaws and contracts.
Btw, just as his business partners Taksin himself is not Thai but Chinese.Comment
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