Bryan Caplan on the justice of Bukele:
Since he [Bukele] assumed power in 2019, El Salvador has gone from a murder rate of 36 per 100,000 to 2.4 per 100,000. Granted, when Bukele took office, the Salvadoran murder rate was already in steep decline. Still, going from the most murderous country in the world in 2015 to the second-least-murderous country in the Americas in 2023 is an absolute miracle.
A absolute miracle achieved by indefinitely jailing over 70,000 on mere suspicion.
