“Sure, the citizens are no longer being murdered, raped, and robbed by gangs—and Bukele has the highest approval rating in the world—but did anyone ask the gang members how they feel about this?” — The Ecommunist

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/02/02/gangsters-in-el-salvador-are-terrified-of-strongman-nayib-bukele

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I used to have a subscription to that fking magazine.

lol but I'm not clicking that, will only get dumber

Is that a paraphrase of the content?😅

I have a problem with him only in so far as the mantra "don't give your side power you wouldn't want the other side to wield" and his grip on the checks and balances makes me nervous.

But so far, that is only caution. I have not seen anything to justify the "dictator" insult.

Side looks like a vampire kinda, but dictator? Good grief. Calling people you disagree with names is the basest form or argument and invalid at it's start.

*Guy looks like

In a fiat 🤡🌎 the good guys are the oppressing bad guys, and the bad guys are the oppressed good guys

Crime rate LOWEST in CEN/LATAM now

Pretty sure this is a bad take, there are innocent people trapped by this decision. Call it collateral damage, whatever, but these are not non-people, even the criminals might do with some investment into reform.

Just like proof of work forces miners seek out cheap energy, proof of law forces criminals to seek out places with weak law enforcement.

Anyone who has been to el salvador and spoken to the people there will know this is a bullshit article.

Don't trust politicians even if they're pro Bitcoin