Comments on: Old Soldiers Should Just Fade Away http://www.tumblerblog.com/2009/11/old-soldiers-should-just-fade-away/ A Thai political & current affairs blog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:41:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Wally http://www.tumblerblog.com/2009/11/old-soldiers-should-just-fade-away/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Wally Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:34:46 +0000 http://www.tumblerblog.com/?p=130#comment-179 Democracy is a funny beast, idealistically it is the holy grail, but in reality? Lets look at the USA, oft cited as the home of democracy, but wait it seems the founding fathers completely rejected the notion of democracy as a flawed system and decided on a republic. Now they seem to have morphed into a democracy, often ignore their constitution, and government is controlled and perverted by monied interests. Seems the founding fathers were right, and the USA's best days are behind them left behind with their intended political system. As to Thailand this is a constitutional monarchy, not a democracy, it is simply a system of snouts at the trough trying to make money from the public purse. Another useless general wanting his share wont change anything. Democracy is a funny beast, idealistically it is the holy grail, but in reality? Lets look at the USA, oft cited as the home of democracy, but wait it seems the founding fathers completely rejected the notion of democracy as a flawed system and decided on a republic. Now they seem to have morphed into a democracy, often ignore their constitution, and government is controlled and perverted by monied interests. Seems the founding fathers were right, and the USA’s best days are behind them left behind with their intended political system.

As to Thailand this is a constitutional monarchy, not a democracy, it is simply a system of snouts at the trough trying to make money from the public purse. Another useless general wanting his share wont change anything.

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