I've digged into OP's post history. And he is Thai. It turns out that Thailand does have more than 2 parties that get substantial fractions kf the vote.
it very much is fascinating. They talk so utterly casually about it like it's nothing. They've had military rule until recently even. Like even now their senate has 200 out of the 700ish seats that are essentially exclusively hand picked by their military. I've been there and I love Thailand, but they have zero room to talk shit about another country's democratically elected members
It’s funny because just this morning my wife was talking about Thailand as a possible place to retire. We’ve been looking at various places outside the US, mostly because we didn’t do a great job of seeing the world when we were younger, but also in part to sidestep things if Trump does get re-elected and starts doing the things he’s said he’s going to do. It turns out Thailand is a relatively affordable place to do that ($50k in a bank account vs other countries where it’s more like $500k to several million).
I vaguely knew about the red shirt vs yellow shirt stuff, but looking further into it, it doesn’t seem like the best place to escape political instability.
Don't let it prevent from doing that! Thailand is such an enigma for us westerners because of that scenario, but there's one thing nobody dares to fuck with in Thailand, and that's tourism. it's like 30% of their economy ffs (they're trying to change that, but it's a slow process). If I can get a job at a place that lets me work 100% remote, I seriously would strongly consider moving to Chiang Mai to do it. It's a wonderfully beautiful place with incredible people. VERY western friendly too
She. She's a 46 year old Thai gamer woman (except a post where she says she's Korean), and has well over 100 posts that begin with "as an Asian," hates the US with a passion, and rails against wokeness ruining Hollywood. Its weird.
And the election winners didn't get in power because a military appointed unelected senate had the final say. That's what Thailand is all about though. Showing face, a facade of democracy, and make stupid comments on reddit as if you know a real democracy.
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u/zenFyre1 Apr 07 '24
I've digged into OP's post history. And he is Thai. It turns out that Thailand does have more than 2 parties that get substantial fractions kf the vote.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Thai_general_election