Bangkok Post

Election buffoonery

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Yes, the US buffoon-in-chief was chosen democratic­ally, by buffoon civilians, the result being as stated, that he is underminin­g the nation’s material well-being with their support, so clearly democratic elections did not result in good for that country.

The Thai nation already had an elected government, also chosen democratic­ally by buffoon civilians, which also undermined the nation’s material well-being, resulting in necessary interventi­on. If you can’t justify that interventi­on, then enlighten everyone with what the alternativ­e could have been.

I liken the “brute who seized the Thai nation” to a teacher in a class of immature juveniles, trying to restore some sort of sanity for their own good. Blindly repeating the same clamour for “democratic elections” just for the sake of the ideal, surely only to be followed by another “coup” sooner or later (19 times since 1932!) is clearly not the solution, so why the continual craving for the political squabbling and chaos that will certainly result again.

The business of government is complex, and the people’s choice, based on the people’s understand­ing of what is good for the country is not always the right one. We don’t want something that you are happy with just because you were allowed to choose it. We want something that will work!

JC

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