[p2p-research] pessimism on thailand

[Michel Bauwens]

a positive scenario is still possible,

what is dawning on the thai oligarchy is that there is no middle way,
outside of harsh and permanent repression, let's say the Iranian or Chinese
models, there is no way to keep the lid on the legitimate demands of the
majority of the population as expressed by the pro-democracy red shirt
movement; "managing democray" as they tried since 2006, is not working, so
they now either have to revert back to the democratic model, and loose the
electoral game; or choose for blood ... the clamour for bloody repression is
very strong though, and we don't hear voices in the elite calling for
compromise, (the few wise men and women are not listened too)

Michel

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 3:28 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm quite pessimistic for thailand right now, I don't think there is a
> > chance that the pro-democracy forces will not face an attempt at bloody
> > repression, resulting possibly in civil war.
> >
> > This is expressed by the first editorial. It's followed by an open letter
> to
> > thai media and a commentary on it,
> >
> >
> Sorry to hear it, Michel. I was hearing about this the other day on the
> radio.
>
>
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