Thread: After the election

I believe that some of the Americans in here are no friend of Obama. Because it is not my country and because I don't share the same opinions I never really knew what it would feel like the day after the election when you can see the hopes and dreams of your nation fading away like poorly made lather.

Well, today is the day after the Thai elections. I didn't vote because I'm not Thai, but I do have a great love for this country which has become my adopted home.

The people had a choice between massive corruption, extra judicial killings, and possible future dictatorship OR a government which could have provided good governance and steadily made things better.

They made the wrong choice.

So what would it take for the uneducated masses to sell out their own country?
Just 300 baht. That is what was being paid for people to vote for the side that eventually won.

So what will happen in the near future?
There are two possibilities.
The first is a coup. The army is very good at this.

The second is a legal challenge. There were enough discrepancies to have the winners banned from politics for five years and their party dissolved.

After that there will be mass protests by the ignorant masses, then riots, then bloodshed and we're back where we started.

Today is a sad day for Thailand.

(Just one more point, because of the draconian laws here in Thailand I would like to ask anyone commenting on this thread not to mention the man at the top who wears a golden crown. If you do it won't effect you, but it could make life difficult for me living here in Thailand. Thank you.)