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LONDON, U.K.—“I have consulted with my father on all issues, whether on private matters or about work, since I was young,” said Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thailand’s new and youngest prime minister at 37 years old. She is the third member of the Shinawatra family to hold this office, and part of the 'evil cycle' that has paralyzed the country’s politics for the past 18 years.
What has stalled the growth of both Thailand’s economy and its democracy is an unusually strong and united 'establishment' that includes the old rich, the army, the courts, and a substantial part of the Bangkok middle class. They simply cannot accept the urban poor and the rural majority having an equal say in how the country is run. Such conflicts are common in nascent democracies with fast-growing economies, but the Thai establishment has a special weapon: the semi-sacred monarchy.
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