^ There's a lot of interesting reading out there that would indicate that a reasonable quantity of the (m)asses don't accept any of it. You need to be careful though and VPN yourself up the ying yang. As for gathering to protest, the junta's limit of groups of 'no more than 5' when meeting that they imposed in 2014 was copied verbatim from the martial law edict that was implemented after the 1976 Thammasat massacre. If there's one thing successive junta's appear to do well it's stick to "The Idiot's Guide to Coups" handbook.

This generation of smartphone-enabled, socially disconnected isn't uniquely Thai. My sister laments the youth back in northern England and my cousin in Canada wonders when there will be an app that allows her to communicate with the younger ones in her extended brood. There's never been a generation so enabled when it comes to free access to learning that squander it on selfies, food-porn and narcissistic sh!te like 'hotornot' and 'prettyscale'. As my sister says, "Unprecedented access to knowledge and wisdom; we are dumber than ever." By the same token, excluding plastic and global warming, what do they really have to thank us for?

Which segues neatly onto the subject of internet surveillance. Beyond their semi-public, low-key back-track, there's absolutely no guarantee they are respecting what we would consider rights to privacy.

"...this post will self-destruct in 10 seconds... Good luck Jim"

Slowly but surely the internet is opening many an eye here. The powers that be can try and keep the locals like mushrooms , usually starting in the schools, but the truth is surely out there and more are finding it .