China Dictatorship (中国独裁统治)

49. Thailand (泰国)

It is a crime to criticize the royal family (Lèse majesté):

As Terry Gilliam brilliantly says in the The secret Life of Brian (2007) https://youtu.be/hdU_6jUQI9s?t=492:

I was always convinced that there is no where you should’t go. There are no sacred cows. And if there are, if they are really sacred, let’s see how much we puncture them and see if they still float.

Or in other words:

Vajiralongkorn, you little piece of shit, grow some balls and learn how to take an insult. A man who cannot take an insult is not a man, but a big pussy. _

Everyone who has political power must know how to be laughed at criticized, otherwise dicatorship follows:

2020-08-24 https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/24/after-restricting-a-group-critical-of-thailands-monarchy-facebook-says-it-will-take-legal-action-against-the-government/ "After restricting a group critical of Thailand’s monarchy, Facebook says it will take legal action against the government"
2017-05-17 https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3578661/from-fake-tattoos-and-crop-tops-to-making-a-poodle-air-force-chief-the-king-of-thailands-maddest-moments-revealed/ "As Thai monarch Maha Vajiralongkorn attempts to sue Facebook over photos posted online, we look at the wacky royal’s bizarre life" TODO real? Erm, video by 60-minutes Australia: https://youtu.be/HfF3CGVwrs4?t=84
- 2015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fufu_(dog).
- Topless wife birthday celebration video: https://youtu.be/HfF3CGVwrs4?t=311

Dissidents:

Rap Against Dictatorship
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCukIPSb0N6_vRVD_5VlzqQg
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/8/20/rap-against-dictatorship-artist-arrested-in-thailand "‘Rap Against Dictatorship' artist arrested in Thailand", artist Dechathorn Bamrungmuang arrested
- https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/16/rap-against-dictatorship-protests-thailand/

Figure 326. Side-by-side comparison between Thai King Vajiralongkorn and Hamtaro. This is the Thai version of Xi Jinping looks like Winnie-the-Pooh (习近平长得像小熊维尼, 2017). It has been used by protesters as part of the 2020 Thai protests. Left photo source.

Figure 327. Leading Thai politicians prostrate themselves before Vajiralongkorn in 2016, presumably during his ascension to the throne. Source.

Figure 328. Suthida Tidjai, Vajiralongkorn’s wife, prostrated before him during their marriage in 2016 before he officially ascended to the throne. Yes, prostration is a big thing in Thailand. An older king, Rama V, had apparently even abolished this practice in 1873. Clearly, Xi Jinping (习近平, 2012-∞, Heil卐!) could learn a thing or two from a proper monarch like Vajiralongkorn. Source.

Figure 329. Thai king Vajiralongkorn wearing a crop top so tight that it could be called a bra, and accompanied by one of his many girlfriends, in a shopping center in Munich. He can wear whatever the fuck wants, but to both wear that and enforce Lèse majesté? That’s the ultimate torture for the Thai people, how can you not make fun of him??? TODO date, exact location, original report. Here is one of the many reports, sample report from 2017 in a British tabloid.

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