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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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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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'If I'm guilty, execute me': Abhisit on the red shirt crackdown
Spectrum, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 19/05/2013
» Three years to the day that the events of April and May, 2010 culminated in the red shirt crackdown and the surrender of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship's leaders, Thai society remains deeply divided. Some 92 people were killed in the crackdown, from protesters to innocent bystanders, journalists to security personnel.
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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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Politics of perception
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 04/04/2013
» What does North Korea fear the most? A revolution that would bring down the Pyongyang regime.
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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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