Are the powers that be threatened by a rap song? This question came to mind on Friday after finding out how the police and the government had reacted to the song, Prathet Ku Mee (What My Country's Got) by young all-male Thai rappers, Rap Against Dictatorship. It prompted me to check out the video on YouTube. Since then I've kept replaying it. I've also got an answer.
The song amplifies just how sick, abnormal, hypocritical, submissive, ignorant and fearful Thai society has become, under military rule since the 2014 coup in particular, and since the political conflict broke out more than 10 years ago.
Surasak Glahan is Deputy Editorial Pages Editor, Bangkok Post.
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