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Originally Posted by Dire
dardo, you are pretty seriously misinformed about the PAD and their support. The public media isn't supporting them by any means, they've constantly referred to them as a mob and for good reason. You were right about one thing - they are mostly backed by the elite class, as Thaksin's base was the rural/poor.
Well, this is the important point to have, isn't it?
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But as something kind of obvious, the elite are a very small minority. Just look at the number of Thai you see wearing yellow now compared to a few months ago or whatever. So many have stopped, even though it's the national color/lucky/etc, since they don't want to even be possibly associated with the PAD in any way.
As long as they keep control of the army, I don't think the Government will have any other choice than to keep reacting passively and in a pacific way, like they are doing now.
Of course, I repeat, I may be wrong. But two years ago, it was like that.
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Even the PAD have admitted they couldn't win an election ( so god knows what their long term goals are ).
From one of the BBC News I've read they want to change the electional system, so it's not one person one vote. ie. poor people votes would be worth less.