• Naturally – people could stand the pressure up to certain limit.
In late 1948, opposition to military dictatorship and its US backing began in different forms:
1. Those inspired by the Maoist revolution in China prompted “guerrillas”, consisted:
Villagers, esp. in the northeast and the far south
Some urban intellectuals who bitterly frustrated against military dictatorship
These later formed into the CPT: Communist Party of Thailand
2. Dissenters in urban society – กลุ่มคัดค้านในเมือง ใหญ่ - including: