A guide on how Thailand trains slaves

[EXCERPT FROM THE VIDEO]
When Thai students from international schools come up to my desk to talk to me, they just walk up, stand next to my desk, and talk.
When students from Thai schools come up to me, they drop to their knees. To which, I tell them, please stand up and talk to me.
I may be your teacher. You may be my student. But we both are humans, with human dignity. You don’t have to kneel. Do it for your parents. Do it if you want to for the people you respect.
But don’t do it just because I happen to be your teacher or your poo-yai.
We just met today, for the first time, you can’t already have so much respect for me as a person that you would kneel before me. We just met.
Now, if you don’t want to stand over me, that’s fine. Pull up a chair. We’ll sit and talk. Our heads at the same level.
Many students were happy that they don’t have to crawl. Many just couldn’t help themselves, always automatically dropping to their knees whenever they come up to my desk.
It is as if something is imprinted in their DNA, telling them, “drop to your knees, now.”
Why is this?
The answer is, they have been trained to crawl at the feet of the poo-yai since kindergarten.
That’s more than 10 years of training to submit to authority.
More than 10 years of training to obey without question.
More than 10 years of training to believe in the social hierarchy, the righteousness of the poo-noi kowtowing to the poo-yai.
More than 10 years of developing the muscle memory to bend the knee.
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[@petersmith9351]

As usual, superbly put and so correct!

[@voranai]

Thank you for watching and your comment 🙏

[@istvanszucs9999]

All my respects, Ajarn Voranai! I just hope, that there are many Thais who understand this, and much more who will say this....

[@voranai]

Thank you very much! And we hope so too...

[@nirannarin5345]

Excellent distinction: “there is nothing wrong when we kneel to give respect if it’s a matter of personal choice… But there is everything wrong if we use it as a tool to enforce social hierarchy”.
This shows he is not just doing a cheap rant against the kneeling as expression of respect and honor but shows the systemic issue behind using it to control people.

[@kzpm9796]

I love this insightful video and the presentation is great too.

[@voranai]

Thank you for watching and your comment. it's much appreciated 🙏

[@kzpm9796]

@@voranai Love your content man!

[@colinhastings6638]

Well said.

[@jallan9578]

The international schools generally take a different approach, and there is no bowing and scraping to authority! The respect that is due - and earned - is there, and is recognised. But not at the expense of one individual's dignity being misappropriated in order to soothe another's misplaced pride - or egotism!

[@chinkhewng3742]

Students in international schools are children of "phoo yai". They grow up to be "phoo yai" and have people kneel down to them & continue to enjoy the advantages of status quo.

[@jallan9578]

Long white socks!? The tradition in Europe!? Whereabouts in Europe? Because I am not aware of any such tradition!

[@disposabull]

All hail the glorious British Empire. They go perfectly with sandals when you are oppressing the natives and shooting endangered species for trophies.

[@KINOSHINOBI]

I bow to nobody

[@JP-wx6uh]

Where are all the PDRC people now??? Huh? Speak up people... What's wrong? Did you lose your faces?

[@donfreeman687]

Sanap sanung doi, CCP.