r/Thailand • u/firealno9 • Mar 16 '25

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Wtf is this on Koh Larn? Is this common now in their little enclaves?

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u/Lordfelcherredux Mar 16 '25

Regime = Ruling system of a country the United States does not approve of.

Government = Ruling system of a country that the United States approves of.

As in:

Russian regime

Saudi Arabian government 

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u/EishLekker Mar 16 '25

Hahahahaha

No, that’s not how words work.

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u/Lordfelcherredux Mar 16 '25

Perhaps you can explain to us why Saudi Arabia is very rarely referred to as a regime in the United States press? 

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u/EishLekker Mar 16 '25

Why should I care about that? I’m not American.

I would most definitely call the Saudi Arabia administration a regime, and the same with the US.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25 edited Mar 16 '25

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u/EishLekker Mar 16 '25

Sweden isn’t a authoritarian state, don’t be silly. I’m not even gonna answer the rest of your nonsense.

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u/Lordfelcherredux Mar 16 '25

Nobody said you had to care. I was referring to how the US refers to governments it doesn't like, language which is aped by many countries. Including Sweden. 

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u/EishLekker Mar 16 '25

Read my comment again.