Is Thailand Being Colonized by the World Economic Forum?
Summary
TLDRBenjamin Hart, an American attorney and managing director of Integrity Legal in Bangkok, expresses concern over Thailand's potential colonization by global entities, particularly the World Economic Forum. He criticizes the digital wallet and surveillance initiatives, associating them with totalitarianism and communism. Hart also addresses Thailand's economic policies, advocating for protectionism and cautioning against foreign influence in land ownership and banking. He emphasizes the importance of maintaining Thailand's independence and sovereignty for its prosperity.
Takeaways
- π Benjamin Hart, an American attorney and managing director of Integrity Legal in Bangkok, expresses concern about Thailand's potential colonization by external forces.
- π Hart criticizes the World Economic Forum, likening its influence to that of a villainous organization from Bond films, suggesting it could harm common people's interests.
- π³οΈ He points out the lack of electoral mandate for policies like the digital wallet, indicating a disconnect between public will and government actions.
- ποΈ Hart contrasts the current government's engagement with the WEF unfavorably with the previous government, which did not attend and avoided 'harebrained' ideas.
- π¦ He warns against the concept of public-private partnerships promoted by the WEF, equating it to fascism and a threat to Thai sovereignty.
- π Hart is particularly critical of proposals like the digital wallet, which he sees as a step towards total surveillance and totalitarianism.
- π The script mentions plans for high-speed rail linking Bangkok to China, which Hart views as part of a broader agenda that might compromise Thai autonomy.
- π’ Hart advocates for Thailand to remain independent and autonomous, expressing worry over foreign influence, especially in areas like finance and land ownership.
- πΌ He suggests that the Thai banking system is capable without global banking integration, advocating for protectionism in certain sectors.
- π‘ Hart supports laws that restrict foreign land ownership to protect Thai citizens' access to property, citing the potential for colonization as a major concern.
Q & A
Who is Benjamin Hart?
-Benjamin Hart is an American attorney and the managing director of Integrity Legal based in Bangkok, Thailand.
What is Benjamin Hart's concern regarding Thailand's future?
-Benjamin Hart is concerned about Thailand potentially being colonized by external forces that he believes have negatively impacted his home country, and he is particularly wary of the influence of the World Economic Forum.
What does Hart associate the World Economic Forum with?
-Hart associates the World Economic Forum with cartoonishly villainous intentions, comparing them to the antagonistic organization 'Spectre' from the Bond films, and criticizes their disregard for the common people's interests.
What is Hart's issue with the current government of Thailand?
-Hart's issue with the current government is not their democratic election, but rather their potential alignment with the World Economic Forum and the implementation of policies like the digital wallet without a clear electoral mandate.
What does Hart believe about the previous government's stance on the World Economic Forum?
-Hart believes that during the previous government's tenure, no representatives attended the World Economic Forum, and as a result, Thailand did not see the introduction of policies that he views as detrimental to the common Thai citizen.
What is Hart's view on public-private partnerships as promoted by the World Economic Forum?
-Hart views the promotion of public-private partnerships by the World Economic Forum as a form of fascism, equating it to the 'marriage of state and corporate power' and suggesting it is not in the best interest of the common people.
What policy does Hart criticize related to the digital wallet?
-Hart criticizes the digital wallet policy as an example of total surveillance and a step towards totalitarianism, which he believes is not in the best interest of the Thai people.
What is the proposal regarding land reclamation in Bangkok mentioned by Hart?
-The proposal Hart mentions involves reclaiming land in Bangunan and Paknam to reduce congestion in Bangkok, increase green space, and allow only electric trains to operate in the area, which he compares to the concept of 15-minute cities.
What is Hart's opinion on the high-speed rail proposal connecting Bangkok to China?
-Hart is not against the high-speed rail proposal in principle but expresses concern about Thailand becoming subsumed by foreign powers, including China, and the potential loss of Thai sovereignty.
What does Hart suggest about the Thai banking system and foreign banks?
-Hart suggests that the Thai banking system is capable on its own and expresses concern about the proposal to invite global banks to operate in Thailand, fearing that it could lead to Thailand becoming subsumed by foreign banking interests.
What is Hart's stance on foreign land ownership in Thailand?
-Hart supports the restrictions on foreign land ownership in Thailand, believing that it is crucial for ensuring access for Thai citizens to the property market and preventing foreign colonization.
What concerns does Hart express about the digitalization of bureaucracy and the tax system?
-Hart expresses concern that the digitalization of bureaucracy and systematic imposition of VAT could lead to totalitarianism and negatively impact the Thai economy, advocating for more freedom and liberty instead.
Outlines
π Concerns Over Global Influence on Thailand's Policies
Benjamin Hart, an American attorney and managing director of Integrity Legal in Bangkok, expresses his concerns about the influence of the World Economic Forum on Thailand's policies. He fears that the country he has come to love might be colonized by those who have arguably destroyed aspects of his home country. Hart criticizes the World Economic Forum for promoting policies that are not in the best interests of the common people worldwide. He points out the irony of being critical of the current democratically elected government, which has pushed for initiatives like the digital wallet, without an electoral mandate. Hart contrasts this with the previous government, which did not attend the World Economic Forum and did not introduce such controversial ideas. He also criticizes the concept of public-private partnerships as leading to a form of fascism and expresses unease with slogans like 'you'll own nothing and be happy,' which he sees as a mix of communism and fascism.
π£οΈ Taxon Shinawatra's Vision and Thailand's Future
The paragraph discusses the first public speech by Taxon Shinawatra, the former Prime Minister of Thailand, after being officially pardoned. The speech took place on August 22nd, 2024, and covered a range of topics including large-scale public investment to address systemic issues like flood and drought problems, proposals to reclaim land to reduce congestion and increase green space, and the idea of connecting Bangkok to China's Silk Road initiative via high-speed rail. Hart expresses skepticism about these proposals, fearing that they may lead to Thailand's submersion by foreign powers, including China. He also touches on the idea of establishing Thailand as a financial center by inviting global banks and the potential amendment of laws on foreign land ownership, which he argues should be restricted to protect Thai citizens' access to the property market.
πΌ Economic Policies and Their Impact on Thailand
In this paragraph, Benjamin Hart critiques various economic policies being discussed in Thailand, including the push for digital wallets, which he likens to 'digital wallet tilapia' due to Gresham's Law, suggesting that bad money drives out good. He argues that instead of focusing on digital currencies, the government should be investing in education and other essential services. Hart also discusses the proposal to reform the tax system and bureaucracy to make them more efficient, but he expresses skepticism about the use of the term 'systematically,' which he associates with technocratic jargon. He concludes by agreeing with the sentiment that Thailand should prosper but warns against adopting economic policies that have been disastrous in other parts of the world.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘World Economic Forum
π‘Digital Wallet
π‘Public-Private Partnerships
π‘Colonization
π‘Sovereignty
π‘Fascism
π‘Totalitarianism
π‘Land Reclamation
π‘High-Speed Rail
π‘Financial Hub
π‘Foreign Land Ownership
Highlights
Benjamin Hart, an American attorney and managing director of Integrity Legal in Bangkok, expresses concern over Thailand's potential colonization by external forces.
Hart criticizes the World Economic Forum, likening it to a villainous organization from Bond films, for its disregard for the common people's interests.
He argues that the current Thai government's actions, such as the digital wallet initiative, lack electoral mandate and could be harmful to the common Thai.
Hart contrasts the previous government's absence from the World Economic Forum with the current government's active engagement and its implications.
The speaker emphasizes the potential dangers of public-private partnerships promoted by the World Economic Forum, drawing parallels to fascism.
Phrases like 'You'll own nothing and be happy' are criticized for their sinister undertones, reminiscent of both communism and fascism.
Hart discusses the influence of the World Economic Forum on Thai policies, including digital currency and surveillance, which he views as detrimental.
He questions the relevance of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's vision, given that he is no longer in office, and its impact on current policies.
Hart highlights proposals for large-scale public investment to address systemic issues like flood and drought in Thailand.
A controversial proposal to reclaim land in Bangkok to reduce congestion and increase green space, with only electric trains allowed, is mentioned.
The idea of connecting Thailand to China's Silk Road initiative through high-speed rail raises concerns about Thailand's sovereignty.
Hart debates the merits of establishing Thailand as a financial center and the potential risks of foreign banking interests.
He suggests that amending laws on foreign land ownership could negatively affect Thai citizens' access to the property market.
The issue of online gambling and its impact on the economy is raised, with a call for better tax management to fund education.
Hart advocates for a fair and competitive tax system, expressing skepticism about systematic VAT imposition and bureaucracy reform.
The transcript concludes with Hart's declaration of love for Thailand and his desire to see it prosper without adopting harmful WEF policies.
Transcripts
hello my name is Benjamin Hart I'm an
American attorney and the managing
director of Integrity legal here in
Bangkok Thailand yeah this is probably
something of an odd posting on this CH
well not maybe not all that odd for
those whove been watching this V this
channel for some time now one of the to
sort of preface and I I'll get into this
pretty deep here but to preface people
have asked me you know why are you doing
this well it's sort of the same reason I
started asking serious questions during
Co I just don't want to live in a world
where the country I've come to call home
and love and and love being here is
going to be colonized by the very people
that arguably destroyed aspects of where
I came from and that's that's what I
find concerning I'm not really making
this video to put anybody in Thailand
particularly on the spot my my issue is
with the world economic Forum because I
think these people as I've talked about
in other videos you know it's almost
like Spectre or something from the Bond
films you know I mean it's almost
cartoonishly villainous and I would
laugh at it if they weren't trying to do
a bunch of things that aren't
particularly in the interests of just
the Common People worldwide by the way
and and look at and we'll we'll go ahead
and put some other stuff up on the up on
screen here but you know these people
that are affiliated with World economic
Forum they all seem to
want just things that aren't very good
for the common man if you will meanwhile
people have also sort of said well you
know it's ironic that you're upset with
the current government because you know
it was democratically elected and it was
put in
yeah okay but one there was no electoral
mandate for things like the digital
wallet if you look at you know how all
of that played out and here's the other
irony in all of this and I and I've
talked about this a little bit it was it
was actually mentioned in the Bangkok
Post directly and I I put up a comment
at one point referencing it but that
comment got taken down I I don't know
why it just ceased to be on YouTube I
don't know exactly why but as I pointed
out in that comment you know we went for
a decade when we were under the other
government let's be clear there are
things to say about the other government
the prior government many things but one
thing that you can say about the prior
government is during that whole 10 years
nobody went to the world economic forum
and we didn't see all these hairbrained
ideas that are in my opinion at the very
least mildly detrimental to the common
Tai's best interests I would put it that
way or it it's really bad like again
digital wallet currency I've talked
about this just total surveillance
totalitarianism stuff and then when you
get into the world economic form they
literally say they are the standard
bearer of public private Partnerships
which again when the private sector
interacts with the public sector it is
not necessarily per se bad that occurs
here in Thailand occurs in the United
States but when your standard is public
private partnership that sounds an awful
lot like melini's definition of fascism
the marriage of state and corporate
power when that's all you that is your
goal is the mar you know public private
Partnerships is the goal then meanwhile
phrases like you'll own nothing and be
happy have a very
lenis slogan earing aspect to them it
sound you know it's like the worst
aspects of the Comm intern and the worst
aspects of fascism all rolled into one
Forum where they all discuss how the big
people can you know look down on all of
us little people and do things to us
that might not necessarily be in our
interest that that or convince us to do
things that may not necessarily in our
interest meanwhile you know recently let
me let me just dig in here quoting from
a recent article in the cad English
that's CID english.com article is titled
tax and comeback on stage economic plans
political riffs and landmark speech
again I'm not trying to point fingers or
or put anyone in Thailand particularly
on the spot that said when it's openly
talked about that someone is the you
know the real power behind behind the
scenes sort of thing and then they all
and then the prior iteration of this
same faction of the Coalition the moment
they came into Power started pushing
things like the digital wallet pushing
things like even Chinese police on our
streets here in Thailand a lot of we
Notions and then the former prime
minister actually traveled to the world
economic Forum while I believe while
being prime minister I I made videos on
that at the time again I'm not trying to
zero in on anybody per se but it really
makes me uneasy to hear these we talking
points being
discussed on these on in in this way
I'll put it that way that said quoting
directly taxon shat former prime
minister of Thailand gave its first
public speech and shared his vision
after being officially pardoned well why
do we care what his vision is at this
stage of the game I do understand the
history of things and I have a certain
amount of respect for Mr taxon in a way
but that said he's not the current prime
minister you know what why are we what
does this have anything to do with
anything is he able to say things that
the sitting prime minister can't and and
is that part of what's going on here I
don't know that said quoting further
taxon chinan former prime minister of
Thailand gave his first public speech
and shared his vision after being
officially pardoned this event took
place on a Thursday night August 22nd
2024 at cyan Paragon his speech and
subsequent interview is lasted over 2
hours so yeah big things happening here
in Thailand big changes that said let's
dig into some of these bullet points
quoting further large scale public
investment must address systemic issues
I always like that systemic issues and
by the way large scale public investment
where's that going to come from the
taxpayers quoting further such as flood
and drought problems which fair enough
that that's a good point we Thailand
always needs to worry about flood and
drought problems that said is the
solution something that sounds like the
wef solutions quoting further one
proposal is to reclaim land in bangunan
and paknam to reduce congestion in
Bangkok and increase Green Space
allowing only electric trains to operate
in the area what what proposal does that
kind of a little bit like 15minute
cities where we'll all be packed into
these little 15minute CI ities and we
won't have any real ability to travel
anywhere but we won't want to because
we'll all own nothing and we'll all be
busy being happy quoting further connect
the world with highspeed rail from China
to n uh from Bangkok to n Kai which must
be completed to link with China's Silk
Road initiative so yet again China okay
first off I got no problem with China
the Middle Kingdom has an amazing
history I've got real problems with
Communism and communism is still in
China and people that say it's not I
find find very very naive because in any
communist system even if it's
ostensively capitalist the way the sort
of dengism system that currently
operates in Thailand or excuse me
currently operates in China you know
sort of operates it may look
capitalistic but I can guarantee you
there is somebody in a filing cabinet of
a building somewhere some communist
trying to figure out how to get it right
the next time and we all know what the
experiment on getting it right in the
last century was like it was hellish it
was called the Soviet Union it was
called International communism it was
terrible it killed Millions you know
again that said I'm all in favor of
trade but trade to Thailand's benefit
Thailand does not need to be subsumed by
foreign powers including China for that
matter Western Powers included any place
Thailand just needs to be independent
autonomous and Sovereign that's what I'm
worried about quoting further
established Thailand as a financial
center by inviting Global Banks to set
up in the country
for international transactions while
Thai Banks should set up branches abroad
to enjoy reciprocal rights well do we
need that the Thai banking system is
okay I'm one of the few people that will
actually advocate in favor of
protectionism sometimes because I've
seen it actually work here in Thailand
now I'm not against the notion of
Thailand as a financial Hub per se I
think with the rise of mbridge which is
this sort of platform that's going to
put together what could only be referred
to as hred mackinder's World Island here
in Eurasia and sort of allow
interoperability between these different
central banks for purposes of of
increasing efficiency and international
trade great idea not not a problem but
again I don't want to see Thailand
become subsumed by a bunch of foreign
banking
interest quoting
further and this okay if you think my
title to this video is
hyperbolic quoting directly amend laws
on foreign land ownership with rules
that benefit both economic growth and
access for Thai citizens well you know
what you know what ensures access for
Thai citizens in the property Market
keeping the foreigners out that's the
best way to do it the ties have this one
right and foreigners out there who are
angry with me over this particular tie
rate I'm sorry maybe I have the fervor
of the converted but I am the converted
I became Thai and I understand why they
had the restrictions they have you know
for example we did videos in the past on
Mr jatu porn and him talking about the
issues associated with foreigners owning
land in Thailand and while I don't
really agree with him on most of his
stances he was spot on on that you know
we cannot let foreigners come into
Thailand and colonize this place and
they will do it and and they will drive
the average tie primarily out of the
best parts of the property Market if you
have any doubts about this look to the
West look at the experiment look at the
laboratory that is the West for all
these World economic Forum
programs the proof is in the pudding as
they say quoting further online gambling
causes a massive outflow of time money
we need to manage taxes and ensure that
the benefits are used particularly in
education well a good idea would be if
you're worried about funding education
maybe don't use a half a trillion bot
that you gut out of the budget to create
this these digital wallet magic bean
tokens or whatever it is it's not money
as as uh Bangkok Post the economic guy
in the Bangkok post was talking about
digital wallet tokens it's not money I
call it digital wallet tilapia because
of gresham's law that bad money forces
all the good money out of the market
warps up the economy again I you know I
agree with the sentiment that education
needs to be funded but there are ways to
do it and frankly we could be doing it
now if instead of other things quoting
further make the tax system fair and
more competitive for both living and
working by systematically managing value
added
tax wow systematically anytime I hear
systematically my my hackles go up any
any sort of technocratic sort of jargon
always kind of makes me uneasy and
systematically imposing vat which brings
me to the to this other quote reform the
bureaucracy to make public spending and
the number of personnel utilizing more
technology so technology makes
everything great right meanwhile I'm I'm
kind of stuck with the voice of Mr
Martin Armstrong another guy that you'll
see a lot on YouTube a long-term
economic forecaster talking about what
people think behind this digital wallet
and this digitization of all the
bureaucracy they seem to think that by
imposing totalitarianism they're going
to get more tax money when the reality
is actually quite the opposite if again
we can look to the last century
totalitarianism in the USSR basically
destroyed Russia and the surrounding
countries that bordered it okay more
freedom more Liberty and free enterprise
is what will cause your tax base to go
up it's been proven time and time again
finally quote I love this country and
want to see it Prosper so do I sir so do
I I couldn't agree more and I can tell
you again from having come from the
place where these we policies have been
an unmitigated dis dister bringing in
more of that to Thailand will do nothing
in my opinion to help her prosper
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