You answered a rhetorical question and not a the real one, but I can appreciate that not a single nation on earth meets your ideal.
That being said, I'll ask again. Why do you think Bukele offering a warning about bribes and corruption in what was the #1 hotspot for criminality in the world, somehow just his opinion?
in your opinion, how does one establish order in an area without law and order? What would step #1 be?
He did not send a warning about bribes and corruption.
He said he has files on people who incurred in those, and he keeps the files to be used as a blackmail tool to make them do whatever he dictates, for his political convenience. In this case, a a typical Latin American socialist populist dictator measure, namely price controls on foodstuffs. So crime is OK and is not prosecuted, unless it is politically convenient for the Leader.
His opinion is what constitutes "price gouging". There are laws against that. And if there aren't any and he feels price gouging is a problem that he needs to solve, then he should legislate for it. Stating clearly the criteria. If you watch his video, he basically is saying that he is the one who determines what is "reasonable" in terms of price increases and profits. So, yes, his opinion, purely. Again, typical dictator behavior.
I think the judgment is a little harsh. He's not doing anything different from any other administration across any nation in the world. He's using the force of the state to bring stability.
It's not usually called blackmail. That's usually reverved for salacious information, but I agree... I kinda boils down to Blackmail. It is how the game is played across the board. It's not ideal, but it is, in fact, the way the game is played.
We do it all the time. It's how intelligence works all over the world. "You know, and I know what you've done. Play nice, or I'll come for you".
Pretty standard stuff.
So allow me to remit you to the initial post, in which nostr:nprofile1qy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjctzd3jjummjvuhszynhwden5te0dehhxarj9ek82tntv5hszxmhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wfcxcetzwvhxxmmd9uq3kamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdaexzmn8v4cxjmrv9ejx2a30qyvhwumn8ghj7ur4vfkxjcewwfjkccted9hxwtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxyctwvshsz9thwden5te0dehhxarj9ehhsarj9ejx2a30qy08wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wshszythwden5te0dehhxarj9emkjmn99uq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wvf5hgcm0d9hx2u3wwdhkx6tpdshsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfnj7qgcwaehxw309ahx7um5wghxvmt59emkj73wvf5h5tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakj7qgnwaehxw309ahkvenrdpskjm3wwp6kytcqypec76gcftk6vagq9d58leru360z77c6ye7kly29kyvnxyhe0svw7ap0pad here literally says "He is so different than the others!", which prompted my remarks about how he is not, really. Just like you just said.
I mean, the context is completely different. I get it. You don't like the guy and he doesn't pass your personal standards of what constitutes a leader.
If we're going back to the oriinal post, the I agree. He is different. The difference lies in what's promoted. He's not pushing "the narrative". The western "social justice warrior" type of stuff. He's pushing the national identity of his people. Not the bullshit they press on the world through Brussels and the WEF.
But statecraft is still statecraft. You can't pretend you have law and order when you don't. If you don't have law and order, then how do you bring people to justice? You can't. That order has to be established. You do that through strength.
The founding of every nation is done through war and brutality. A nation is forged.
From the very first note of mine, to which you initially replied:
"So far, he gets the benefit of the doubt from me because you can't clean up a place like el Salvador with an immaculate libertarian, pro-freedom program. It's just not possible."
Do you see an inconsistency here?
And I'm not saying you're wrong about the guy. I'm just saying that I'll reserve judgement. The world does not want him to succeed. they want him to fail because of he clears his government and society of corruption, then there's no excuse form the rest of the western world. Their corruption becomes obvious.
Everything they said can't be done, is being done... Brussels can't have that. "You need the IMF and to model your laws after the UN agendas."
He's proving the wrong, and they hate him for it. 🤷♂️
I'll wait before condemning him.
