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Originally Posted by lol69
i don't understand why a foreigner would try to help thais. i'd mind my own business and let them work it out.
Being seen as benevolent to the little man without coming across like you have a lot and are trying to compete with higher class locals and being under the protection of one or two upper class people whose character / reputation you have carefully studied (there are both purely predatory and benevolent upper class people) that benefit from you is the only way to survive long term in any SEA country unless you hide away in your condo, look like you barely make ends meet and are barely visible publicly with no local social connections.
Given the jealous, vengeful and predatory nature of most locals combined with a racial inferiority complex in SEA it's still a dangerous game to play and few westerners living long in SEA.
The Hungry Syrian wanderer is doing exactly that in the Philippines:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrP...yzEDZMQ/videos
The upper class will eat anyone with higher ambitions alive unless you function as a face giving fixer that hooks the upper class up with access to fashion shows in Paris, high level jobs in foreign owned hotels etc.
Bangkok will probably turn into a hell like Manila and the new king will probably never return with the military government staying in place forever.