re: "Oldies but goodies" (BP, PostBag, January 16, 2020)
Dear editor,
In his praise for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's government, Jack Gilead is at least honest in admitting to unfettered selfishness as the excuse for supporting the traditional status quo enforced by repeated coups against the nation, the coup installed rule that has long retarded Thailand not only morally, socially and politically, but also economically.
A more far-sighted perspective might, however, see that everyone, including the old, the ill and the poor, would be much better off in every way had democracy been allowed to take root so that such wholesome reform, as that seen in Future Forward's proposals regarding the antiquated military draft and the anti-free market liquor laws, could spur the much stronger, sustained economic growth and equity that the entire Thai nation deserves. That much enhanced growth would have served all Thais far better than the selfish agenda of the super-greedy 1% who lust only to be big pigs in a small pen of which they own 67%, a retarded conservative vision for which the Thai nation has for many decades paid very dearly.
Felix Qui
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The above letter to the editor is the text as submitted by Felix Qui to the Bangkok Post.
The text as edited was published in PostBag on January 18, 2020, under the title "A selfish vision" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/1838379/singapores-solution
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