We Have Changed, Have You Changed Yourself Yet? Global Political Philosophy in the Political Movement of Thai Youth and Thai State, 2020-2023
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Scholars in global political philosophy have seen changes in citizens all over the world to transnational activities. All phenomena lead to a change to a new framework of political philosophy based not on nation-states but on concepts of globalization or internationalization. This article exemplifies this change by revealing that the political movements of Thai youth between 2020-2023 were based on “universal moral values” like those in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: freedom of speech and freedom from fear, protection by the rule of law, and the axiom that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. The article also tries to demonstrate that the Thai state cannot adapt. Imprisonment has been used as a tool for resisting changes, especially those expressed through general elections. This has resulted in a cross-party coalition government formation and the impending dissolution of the most popular political party.
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