it's a note, not of note, one little check mark in the escalation of the conflict between a vast working class and an out of touch elite that has squeezed too hard and is too arogant to back off and let people enjoy some of the benifits they worked for thailand is an absolute monarchy,or close enough in practise to dispense with discussing the parlimentry theater, to be a place to watch for a mass revolt which would then signal an end of western power in asia and a more general sentiment of dissatisfaction everywhere else that is living under false democracy and broken constitutions