As the Red Shirts continued to evolve they became more bold and violent. They changed from simply protecting their own turf to actively attacking others who were trying to show their political views that were against corruption. Their first targets were the Yellow Shirt Protests that started mid 2008. For lack of a better general description, the Red Shirts became enforcers of corruption. [Read more →]
When the Red Shirts first appeared, they were fairy mainstream along one of Thailand’s political ideologies. But in the past year or so they have been drifting to the more radical to enforce their ideology and not let it ebb and flow in a democratic way with other ideologies. [Read more →]
It seems the Thaksin Proxy Pheu Thai Party (PTP) is crying foul that they are facing anti graft agencies and the Thai Court. Usually when a pro Thaksin Government gets to this stage, it means their end is not far away as pity me is being implied. [Read more →]
With Russia’s or more specifically Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, casual onlookers of Putin are now taking a greater interest in his behavior. Psychologists recognize this behavior and know it’s classic patterns, and those patterns can be best described as a dangerous animal if provoked. [Read more →]
It was not that long ago that the people of rural northeast Thailand felt that the political happenings in Bangkok were worlds away and really made no difference in their simple but poor lifestyle. That was then, but now those simple but poor Thai people have learned the hard way of what happens when you embrace highly corrupt politicians as saviors. [Read more →]
In Thailand you read about violent attacks on peaceful protesters and bombs being thrown at the court. You hear about anti graft agencies being attacked and protests against other protesters being launched. Then when you think of how a cornered animal acts, you start to see the comparison in behavior. [Read more →]
In Thailand the Red Shirts have a fairly bad record when it comes to staying inside the law as well as ethical behavior. From time to time the mob mentality gets the best of them and they end up breaking major laws. Some of the laws that they break even come with the death penalty, and that seems to be the case once again. [Read more →]
Political reform in Thailand is desperately needed and is front and center in Thailand’s political unrest. Needing to tailor the reforms to deal specifically with Thai corrupt politician’s behavior is a must. So just putting some thought into what that may entail is actually a bit of a fun project. [Read more →]
Arrogance, lack of empathy, self serving behavior, failure to learn from past mistakes, these are all the qualities of Thaksin’s proxy Government. It was these behaviors and more that turned the people against them, and now the Government has redoubled their efforts to continue the same behaviors. [Read more →]
It seems both the present Thai Government and the previous Thai Government are facing nearly identical murder charges for deaths during protest dispersal. There is one significant difference and that is one action was court endorsed, and the other went against a court ruling. [Read more →]
With Thaksin Shinawatra, people regularly take a fall for him while he manages to stay clear and free of direct involvement. It does not matter who it is as Thaksin just uses them for his own personal gain. Once they are used up, he simply finds someone new and it does not matter if it is a sibling or not. [Read more →]
Typically people will respond to more subtle signs that they have crossed the line, but that is not the case with Thaksin. With Thaksin, he needs to be physically removed as he ignores the wishes and desires of everyone else as those wishes and desires reflect common sense morals and ethics. [Read more →]
In order to force their way back into office with a potentially fatally wounded election, Thaksin’s proxy Government is selectively ignoring and selectively enforcing constitutional laws to make that happen. However this is nothing new as that simply is another one of Thaksin’s signatures. [Read more →]
The psychology of the behavior of the attacks on Anti-Thaksin protesters is all too predictable to anyone that has the most basic understanding of psychology. Because the level of attacks is directly related to Government attack through the State of Emergency, it simply says the attack orders are coming from the same source. [Read more →]
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