jackspratt wrote:Thaksin's one real positive for Thailand while he was in power was that he (very cleverly, and entirely to his own ends), opened the eyes of the "peasants" to what was possible, and what they were entitled to.
Actually, the peasants got their first taste of what they were entitled to in the early to mid-70s through the Peasants' Federation of Thailand. However, some 28-30 peasant leaders from around Thailand were assassinated as the government responded through the efforts of the village scouts, nawaphon and the red gaurs.
