Thailand (still) not free
- phuketrichard
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Thailand (still) not free
ahh well
beats living in North korea
Thailand’s total score in the 2023 edition was 30 out of 100, 6 for political rights and 24 for civil liberties. The country’s score in 2022 was 29, 5 for political rights and 24 for civil liberties.
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Thailand’s total score in the 2023 edition was 30 out of 100, 6 for political rights and 24 for civil liberties. The country’s score in 2022 was 29, 5 for political rights and 24 for civil liberties.
https://freedomhouse.org/country/thaila ... world/2023Following five years of military dictatorship, Thailand transitioned to a military-dominated, semielected government in 2019. The combination of democratic deterioration and frustrations over the role of the monarchy in Thailand’s governance triggered massive demonstrations in 2020 and 2021. In response, the regime has employed authoritarian tactics, including arbitrary arrests, intimidation, lèse-majesté charges, and harassment of activists. Press freedom is constrained, due process is not guaranteed, and there is impunity for crimes committed against activists.
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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Re: Thailand (still) not free
Still beats Myanmar hands down - they get 5 out of 100
https://freedomhouse.org/country/myanma ... world/2023
https://freedomhouse.org/country/myanma ... world/2023
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In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
Re: Thailand (still) not free
How did Indonesia score so high..their civil liberties reputation isn't exactly sparkling.
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Re: Thailand (still) not free
Is this ranking by the same people who did the food rankings?
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Re: Thailand (still) not free
That's a good question. I think it's because these "measures of freedom" gauges place a lot of emphasis on the actual function (and or appearance) of democracy. Indonesia has had I think two democratic elections, one or both which actually threw out and / or has kept out the old ruling party. Joko won.
However, measured by human rights laws or basic equal rights, the freedom to sleep with the partner of your choice... Well, that is a different measure.... Islamic countries are usually placed at the bottom of moral freedom indices ...
Cambodia has an aura of sexual and moral freedom, tainted of course by the absolute power of the extremely rich (two teen girls in the backseat of the range rover or lexus -- and they're not the daughters of the drivers, etc...)
The old-fashioned Asian patriarchy of forced marriage and child-bearing is dwindling amongst educated city classes, too. So, I'd say Cambodia ranks pretty highly in terms of moral liberty. Women and men can divorce freely and even just shack up informally now much more so than in decades past...
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