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As the title of this video suggests, we are discussing the acting Prime Minister here in Thailand. I was originally actually going to title this video, "Poker is Poker, but communism is communism". As I discussed in other videos, the current acting Prime Minister - and let's be clear, that is all he is, he is not on the slate to be the Prime Minister - the current Prime Minister is currently suspended for a phone call that she made to the, I believe he's the President of the Senate over in Cambodia oftentimes called the Strong Man of Cambodia, Mr. Hun Sen, and her remarks to him and the appropriateness thereof. I have done a number of videos on that; I will leave folks the context of that to other videos, you can look that up for yourselves, but I have been really concerned about some of the actions of the current acting Prime Minister. 

At the end of the day, this is a kind of limbo pending this final outcome on the final Constitutional Court ruling. To my mind, any politician should have resigned their seat in the aftermath of this, but as many have noted, apparently the currently suspended Prime Minister is sort of acting possibly at the behest of her father - that is a whole issue unto itself. But again, just the attitude is concerning to me. 

Now I want to be clear, as I have discussed in other videos, I think Poker would be good for Thailand. Let me clear, when I delineate that between Poker and gambling generally. I am not convinced, especially Casino Gambling would be the best thing for Thailand but to allow Poker in Thailand wouldn’t be a terrible idea and I do agree on this one particular point with the acting Prime Minister in that he has signed a, excuse me I think it's an Administrative Order from the Interior Ministry which is changing the nature of law enforcement pertaining to Poker here in Thailand. Exactly how this is going to play out remains to be seen. It looks like they are going to form some kind of Association and deal with it much in the same way as you would deal with a sport. I think that is good policy because it is in line with the way that Poker is viewed in an international context. It would also bring I think possibly new visitors, new opportunities to Thailand and it is important to understand, Poker is not gambling in the Casino gambling sense of the term for a number of reasons. One, in Poker you are not playing against the House. In Blackjack for example, you are playing against the House and there are certain House advantages and things, frankly, that cause you to lose. Craps is the same way, roulette, these kinds of games. Baccarat for example, these kinds of games have inherent advantages toward the House which causes people to lose over time. Now it is not to say it's an unfair game, it is just there is inherent advantages to it, you have to be aware of that. Poker is not that way. Poker is much more, again akin to a sport. You are playing against the other players at the table; you are not playing against the house. It's a very big difference. It's also a skill game. There is an inherent skill to Poker. Yes, there is a wagering aspect to it because there is an element of chance in any sporting engagement, for example. I mean football, what we would call soccer in America, yeah there is an element of chance in any soccer outing. Or American football for that matter; there is an element of chance. There is an element of chance in Poker. Poker also deals with wagering though, so it is a bit nebulous, but I think overall, the policy of allowing certain types of Poker in Thailand is good in many ways. 

That said, a remark by the acting PM really caused me some deep concern. I thought of making this video after reading a recent article from the Pattaya Mail, pattayamail.com. The article is titled: DPM Phumtham defends Poker legalization, denies link to 'Entertainment Complex Law'. Yeah, that Entertainment Complex Law, that pertains to what we would call Casino Gambling here in Thailand. It has been quite controversial. There are many who are not overly fond of the notion of that coming through here in Thailand, so remains to be seen what is going to happen with that. That said, quoting directly: "When asked whether the Government should have explained the policy change to the public before implementing it, Phumtham responded with some frustration. "Oh ho! If we follow that approach, it would mean we would have to ask the public's permission for everything. This is a matter of administrative management, and it's something we can explain clearly. There should be no problem." Yeah, God forbid you talk to any of us about anything you are doing. As I have said in a number of other videos, I have had serious concerns about this government since 2023, and their connections with and pushing of certain narratives associated with the World Economic Forum, most notably the fact that Prime Minister Srettha went over to the World Economic Forum and was pushing all kinds of narratives there. Meanwhile, his successor, the now suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra had an envoy from the World Economic Forum to the Purple Room during her tenure or pre-suspension tenure. Again, her final fate remains to be seen, remains be decided by the Thai Constitutional Court. That being said, these are the people who think, 'you ought to own nothing and be happy, okay, and by the way her stand-in, Mr. Phumtham, has a history of being a communist guerrilla, okay? ‘Own nothing and be happy’ World Economic Forum, totalitarianism, communism, all of this stuff and then you read comments like, "it would mean we would have to ask the Public's commission for everything!" Well God forbid you would have to do that.

A big thing that Mr. Thaksin himself pushed a lot especially during his so-called exile which was primarily self-imposed because he didn't want to face certain aspects of the legal system here in Thailand, but leave that aside, was this constant refrain about “democracy”, “democratic principles” and  blah, blah, blah, but then when these folks, and we have seen this a lot in other contexts internationally, when these WEF types gain some office or something, they don't really seem to care about the public's prerogative. Again, they seem more concerned with "administrative management", which the notion of an "administrative state" has “Leninism” written all over it. I discussed that in other videos, but again, I find it really, really concerning when you have an acting Prime Minister, and again, an acting Prime Minister. This isn't anybody that was on the slate of the possible candidates for Prime Minister, this isn't somebody anybody voted for, this is just somebody who's acting in that capacity who as I have discussed in other videos, was kind of slid in also, kind of pulling a fast one type of thing some months back when Paetongtarn became the Prime Minister. It's all very, it makes me uneasy in a lot of different ways; it just reeks of this World Economic Forum type modus operandi where they just don't really care about the masses but then they constantly use rhetoric like democracy and things of that nature, so that they can get themselves in and then once they are in, they just do whatever they want. Again, I just find it really creepy to hear the term, "it would mean we would have to ask Public's permission for everything!" Yeah God forbid you have to ask us for anything, let alone everything. So I just find it, it makes me uneasy. 

That being said, it remains to be seen how all this is going to play out, so we will certainly be keeping you updated on this channel as the situation evolves.