Thailand’s Technocracy Can’t Take Trouble

Just a thought, speculating on Thailand. I don’t know enough of PM Abhisit’s personality, but what the new emergency in Thailand is indicative to me.

A foreign-educated technocrat like Ahbisit, can be relied to be good at managing the economy, bringing in investments, helping Thailand succeed internationally.

However, he’s poor at managing state-society relations. He’s poor at being a politician. He can’t rein in the different political factions in Thailand.

I believe that if you become a leader and you know that the opposition still has cards in their sleeves, you better cut a deal with them and make sure they don’t put you in a tight spot. Sometimes, you just have to compromise on smaller issues to achieve bigger priorities.

Now see what they’ve done. They’ve rejected constitutional means to changing government, caused a lot of trouble and they’ve no reason to stay within the system. You’ll be breeding hate and animosity by declaring an emergency.

Just incorporate them already to keep them on a short leash. If you want to be a great leader of your people, try thinking about getting the other side on your team.