The great Thailand flood just won’t stop. Over half the country is now underwater. Two million people are already displaced and the waters haven’t yet reached Bangkok, although that is imminent. (Dark blue indicates flooded areas.)
How do peoples and nations deal with disasters on such a monumental scale? The waters will doubtless recede. Or mostly recede. But this is still just stunning in its reach and, I assume, its consequences.
You can have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, or democracy. But you cannot have both.
