BANGKOK – From Thailand to Turkey to Ukraine, the relationship between ruling majorities and electoral minorities has become combustible – and is threatening to erode the legitimacy of democracy itself. The unfolding crisis in Bangkok – where a political minority has taken to the streets to bring down Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s democratically elected government – is a case in point.
曼谷—从泰国到土耳其到乌克兰，执政的多数派和少数派选民之间的关系十分紧张——甚至威胁到了民主合法性本身。发酵中的曼谷危机——政治少数派走上街头意图推翻总理英拉的民选政府——便是很好的例子。