Hi Carol,
This is very interesting. I am from Bangkok, Thailand. The free press suffers similar issue as Uganda, although I believe not as severe. The main concern for the country is similar to yours as well: why is development stagnant. I’m not sure what or how strict is the governance type/form is there. But Thailand is under constitutional monarchy. However, we have a le-majeste law which can punish anyone who offends the royals family. Giving the monarchy 100% power. Press cannot touch them, press owns them, in fact, this is very obvious because monarchy propaganda is spread through television. Which is the only thing poor people own, not the internet.
The stagnant of development, corruption, the elites’ desire to stay in power is also out of hands here. Free press is quite rare in Thailand, because you can get beat up or jailed anytime by powerful people. As a citizen myself, I am very careful before I post any political opinions on social media. My friends and I are making a documentary exposing Thai Education’s flaws, comparing different point of views across the pros and cons. We have to be very careful because Thai Education is one of the monarchy and the royal’s propaganda as well. We are still figuring out how to make the video as indirect but direct at the same time as possible.
So I guess by asking opinions from ordinary citizens can be powerful as well. With many many citizens’ voice all together, it could definitely create change. Thats how I see things are changing in Thailand. I dont know what will it be for Uganda, but I hope you’re safe and could see changes happening soon or later. Sending love.
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Hi Carol, This is very interesting. I am from Bangkok, Thailand. The free press suffers similar issue as Uganda, although I believe not as severe. The main concern for the country is similar to yours as well: why is development stagnant. I’m not sure what or how strict is the governance type/form is there. But Thailand is under constitutional monarchy. However, we have a le-majeste law which can punish anyone who offends the royals family. Giving the monarchy 100% power. Press cannot touch them, press owns them, in fact, this is very obvious because monarchy propaganda is spread through television. Which is the only thing poor people own, not the internet.
The stagnant of development, corruption, the elites’ desire to stay in power is also out of hands here. Free press is quite rare in Thailand, because you can get beat up or jailed anytime by powerful people. As a citizen myself, I am very careful before I post any political opinions on social media. My friends and I are making a documentary exposing Thai Education’s flaws, comparing different point of views across the pros and cons. We have to be very careful because Thai Education is one of the monarchy and the royal’s propaganda as well. We are still figuring out how to make the video as indirect but direct at the same time as possible.
So I guess by asking opinions from ordinary citizens can be powerful as well. With many many citizens’ voice all together, it could definitely create change. Thats how I see things are changing in Thailand. I dont know what will it be for Uganda, but I hope you’re safe and could see changes happening soon or later. Sending love.
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