I served for 2 years in Thailand while in the Military, and I can tell you there are a lot of good things in Thailand - unfortunately they are often over shadowed by the bad things - Drugs, Human Trafficking, prostitution, etc... the Government is the problem - not the people... If you decide not to visit Thailand because of a bad government, I guess that means you won't be going to the United States anytime soon either, or if you live there already, you must be packing your bags right now! (P.S. if you think their problem is 'not caring about anyone but themselves" - that is a worldwide problem, not just the Thai's)