Malaysia and Thailand also face a near-existential choice between continuing on their current paths – one-party ethnocracy in Malaysia and elite/military rule in Thailand – and beginning a process of political reconciliation, aimed at bringing large, marginalized portions of their populations into the fold. So far, however, it seems that both countries’ leaders are blind to the choice facing them.
马来西亚和泰国也面临着接近生死存亡的选择，一边是继续当前道路——马来西亚是一党家族统治，泰国则是精英/军方统治——另一边是开始政治妥协，让人口中为数巨大的边缘化人群也加入其中。但是，到目前为止，两国领导人似乎都对他们所面临的选择视而不见。