Talk:Laosball/@comment-4425142-20170310165328

People (especially Lao democracy activists) should realize by now that Laos is not a really independant country, just a puppet government of Vietnam that is essentially a poor man's People's Republic of Kampuchea. Even its emblem consisting of inscripted banners in Lao language sounds fake as hell (Wikipedia ):

Peace = The level of peace is only enforced by the Vietnamese government in which its country itself is also peaceful. Additionally they both do not tolerate dissent. Vietnamese military troops, official advisors and a secret police are installed in Laos just for that. Even its embassies are controlled by the Vietnamese government.

Independance = I see no actual independence, only Vietnamese annexation like PRK. Also the politicians are hypnotized by them. The Lao-Vietnamese Friendship Treaty of 1977 is just an excuse for Vietnam to secretly and hypothetically transform Laos into provinces of their own.

Democracy = Is nonexistant. Thanks Vietnam for heavily exploitating the country like no tomorrow, it's the reason many Lao people today are not only poor but their rights have been deprived of proper liberty too.

Unity = Ethnic minorities, especially Hmong, are largely persecuted by the Vietnamese-controlled, lowland Lao-dominated government. They participated in ethnic cleansing against Hmong to no end while encouraging other indigeneous people to get out of their village and integrate themselves into Lao society as a pretext for alleviating poverty and social modernization. It's hilarious really, because Laos has the largest amount of ethnic minorities in SEA.

Prosperity = Even its economy is secretly controlled by Vietnamese. It may have one of the fastest growing economies of Southeast Asia but it's still jumbled with budgetary crisis and corruption that fails to pay salaries to the state employees on time. It still relies on foreign aids and tax collection does not achieve its goals. I seriously can't believe foreign governments are still supporting them instead of criticizing its policies and gross human right record. Even Thailand is rooting for them despite being closely aligned with Laos in terms of language, culture and history.

I seriously wish the people that have seen beyond the lies of Lao PDR regime needs to learn the fact it's just a piss poor Vietnamese government and had to overthrow the government immediately. Even the Royal Lao government in-exile acknowledged that.