This op-ed critiques Thailand's treatment of sex work as entertainment rather than a legitimate economic sector. It cites research showing that sex work generates hundreds of billions of baht annually and drives related industries (hospitality, transport, retail), yet workers lack legal protections under the 30-year-old Prostitution Prevention and Suppression Act (2539). The author argues that criminalization enables gray-market capital, corruption, human trafficking, and tax evasion while denying workers rights—and that the real tragedy is structural legal inaction, not viral influencer content.