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Originally Posted by viper
But we must not forget that Thailand has never been colonised - well not in the last 800 or thousand years or so - unlike most of the bordering countries around it.
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Yeah those Japanese were just hanging out building a railway and a bridge those years huh !!
Thais spin the truth.. Dont buy into it..
You could also argue that apart for the ego / face issues Thailand would have benefited immensely from colonial influence. Imagine where Thailand would be today with rule of law, equal treatment under that law, transparent equal representation in governance, roads library's schools etc.
Singapore didnt do so badly..
Its not a popular view these days, and I guess un PC to say so.. But British colonialism in much of the world was the best thing that happened to it. It happened at the right time to export a working social system over societies that were lacking in basic structure.