One thing which can be better in Thailand than in many countries of the west is the control of the government. The biggest party of the country got dissolved Thaksin was sentenced to prison. I read it also sometimes that other officials were brought to court. In. I recommend to preserve this and develop it in every area of society. Necessary steps must be taken that may be outside the government.
Power hungry political parties will rather use such legislation to their advantage than improve it. Look how it is in America.. People go to prison for smoking marijuana while manager at the FDA can make money with getting money from drug industry for wrong behavior.
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This is not the only area. For instance Electronic harassment is punished by law only in few states. Like Massachusetts. But there offenders only have to pay a fine. which may be high. This means the poor people may be deterred by this law but the rich not.
In Germany it is like this that one politician from the socialists said that abuse of office is quite common.
I think it is important to develop Thailand with respect to their culture and history. American led mainstream and Europe will not really accept that and try to push you in its desired shape.
It is important to take out of government people who are selling out Thai culture to money interests or the particularly mad concepts of globalization or else.
This possibility should be created. It has to happen probably against the government.
Further I see that in a parliamentary democracy the leading parties try to seize total power. To counter this it should be made that the government cannot change the constitution. A independent team of people not connected to parties and not selected by parties should be set up for this
There could be a tern of 8 years to reform it regularly to have a means to react on developments.
Further the police should be independent.. Top officials there should not be selected by the government as they will serve then their agenda.
A nationwide committee to uphold culture could be set up to monitor changes and propose rollbacks if they are against the culture. The power to enforce such rollbacks should be installed. To this committee should also belong a lot of people who think about developing Thailand in harmony with their culture.
I read that happiness was going down. Western people come to Thailand and are amazed how Thais can be happy with that little money and possessions. They are often not that happy.
You will loose your happiness when you only copy the west.
To defend your identity against American led mainstream you must get knowledgeable and additionally as hard as Al Quaida. Otherwise you will not achieve your goal.