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Do you hate the elite?
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 04/05/2014
» It has become such an ugly word: "Elite". People say the word as if it were a curse or a sin, hating on a class of people who have always and will always rule human society.
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Why feudalism is failing thailand
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 09/03/2014
» Thailand isn’t a failed country, at least not yet. But collectively we are trying hard to make sure that happens.
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Waiting for Yingluck to start giving back
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 12/09/2013
» In March this year, there was an article detailing Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s globetrotting. It concluded that since she took office in August 2011 she had visited about 30 nations - that's about 1.6 foreign trips for each of her 19 months on the job.
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There are no 'buffaloes'
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 20/06/2013
» In this heated political divide, the mud-slinging includes terms like "yellow/multi-colour buffalo fascists, brainwashed tools of the ammart" and "red buffalo thugs, brainwashed tools of Thaksin [Shinawatra]". Such insulting, derogatory branding is not only unfair and in poor taste, it’s also a gross generalisation that carries little truth.
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Risible rice scheme harvesting problems for 'Master Plan'
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 23/06/2013
» Oh what a tangled web we weave when we practise a populist policy that is ill-conceived. A scheme to help farmers is much needed _ no one should deny that. A poorly planned scheme riddled with holes and masked in secrecy doesn't help anyone _ this also is undeniable.
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Disgusting! Outrageous! Nuts!
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 18/07/2013
» Each society has its own hang ups and baggage specific to each cultural psyche as determined by their respective historical evolution. But one thing we all share in common is that we tend to see faults only in others and rarely in ourselves. That’s why Thais often whine, "Those farangs %&!@*" – while westerners often cry, "Those Thais *&%#!!".
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Political gambit being played out at The Hague
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 25/04/2013
» If you want a moral-based analysis of politics, go see a monk. You would then feel good about yourself, but still wouldn’t understand politics. If you want to understand politics, read a political analysis, but then you would hate politics.
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Getting over those tribal instincts
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 12/05/2013
» Thai culture still relies far too much on relationships, rather than ideologies. Time and again we see democratic ideals sacrificed for the sake of relationships on both sides of the political divide. This is why our political structure is often termed a feudal system rather than a true parliamentary democracy.
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The change you must believe in
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 17/03/2013
» Thailand needs change. Everyone says it. But how do we go about it? Change can be implemented from the bottom up, or from the top down. The former is revolution. The latter is reform. We should prefer the latter, as the former is more likely than not to lead to bloodshed and destruction. World history is full of examples, the Arab Spring being the most recent.
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