Why was it better for the people of Siam that their own government instituted reforms to modernize their country?

Answer It is better for the native people to do so because of the fact they could keep all the profit without the help of a different nation and also so no one could steal their ideas and use them for profit.

which time period is this? or is this story fictional, i'm going to need more info to answer this question

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.