YOUTH AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

When politics entered the mode of campaigning by building up points and building the popularity of every political party by promoting policies to eliminate the vicious cycle of “sick, poor, and stupid” in an era where all people who were over half a century old were likely to hear the phrase “Good education, having money to spend, being free from disease, leads to complete happiness.” Later came the era of development. “People are the centre” and using tools as a campaign strategy, such as the poor person's card, the gold card, the 30 baht to cure every disease project, etc. Since the first National Economic and Social Development Plan, it has been clear that economic development would be the starting point. Later, the social aspect was also added.