Thai people love their King because they're told to. They're never presented with any reasons not to. Thais are essentially brought up to revere and idolize him as a demigod—despite the fact that many Thai people live in poverty and the King is the richest monarch in the world, valued at 30 billion USD.
Because of the lese-majesté laws protecting this billionaire plutocrat, it's illegal to speak or write against the king in Thailand. Anyone challenging the status quo could be jailed or extradited. In fact, recently two playwrights were jailed for producing a university play that was purported to have 'made fun' of the King.
Finally, Thais in general are not educated to think for themselves, so many of them don't even know how to question the status quo—or what the idea of a status quo even is. Ask most Thai students to think outside the box, and they'll say, "What box?