Ken | Mathis Lohatepanont

Last week, Thai PBS retracted an article called “Dictatorship Builds Nations: the People Miss Strong Leaders and Growing Economies” (เผด็จการสร้างชาติ” ประชาชน “อาวรณ์” ผู้นำเข้มแข็ง-เศรษฐกิจรุ่ง). The original article, which was published without a byline, has been pulled down from the Thai PBS website. But it was re-published on LINE Today and for now that remains online. So what did the article say that brought it so much heat? For one, it argued that “the nation developed and income streamed in massive amounts mostly during the eras of dictatorship and authoritarianism.” To add fuel to the fire, at one point it states: “the more dictatorial or authoritarian a country, the more economic development will surely increase.”

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