Members of the 'V2902' Facebook page gather at Chatuchak Park to read Animal Fam after the book was recommended by Prime Minsiter Prayut Chan-o-cha. (Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha triggered a storm of debate on Thursday when he recommended that people read George Orwell's Animal Farm, a novel satirising the brutal former dictator of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin. Every living thing must help each other”, Lt Gen Werachon said. The recommendation can be interpreted as a “symbolic gesture” from Gen Prayut indirectly pointing to negotiations on power-sharing or a reference to cruelty under a dictator. Referring to a famous quote from Animal Farm: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others,” Mr Thanathorn said via Tweeter that his party will not let anybody to be “more equal than others”.

Source: Bangkok Post May 30, 2019 12:56 UTC