I’m all for this.

Gangbangers aren’t “innocent people.”

My thoughts exactly.

This must be rigged.

I mean, you’re talking about the people who care about beauty pageants.

Is it just me… or is she like, not attractive?

So it’s better to be ruled by gangs than a dictator?

The people who were afraid to leave their homes that can now go outside made the wrong decision by electing a government to solve their problems?

Or, more realistically, you’re too indoctrinated to understand how their real problems are more important than your philosophical ones.

That’s one person suppressing everybody else.

Oh no! Somebody think of the gangbangers!

And there are no exceptions?

It’s just a law of the universe?

What about all the atrocities committed by democracies?

This is what I mean by you being indoctrinated.

What I’ve just said it actually the stance a lot of Western military analysts take when they talk about the return on investment for aiding Ukraine. They don’t mention that Ukraine can win. They mention we can weaken Russia.

about millions upon millions of dead Jews, political prisoners, and homosexuals.

I didn’t know Bukele was responsible for all that.

Care to elaborate?

The thing is, you people view anything that isn’t unwavering support for Ukraine as “Russian propaganda.”

What I’ve just said it actually the stance a lot of Western military analysts take when they talk about the return on investment for aiding Ukraine. They don’t mention that Ukraine can win. They mention we can weaken Russia.

You are just proving my point that you are too blinded by propaganda to realize it.

The results speak for themselves.

Try to focus on pragmatism over whatever other ideology you think trumps it.

Mexico is democratic and they’re practically run by gangs. Do you really think that’s preferable for the people of El Salvador?

Should they go back to being ruled by gangs?

Power doesn’t corrupt. It just reveals the corruption we already have inside of us.

If someone who is not corrupt is given power, then they will wield that power responsibly.

If someone is corrupt, then their power will reflect that corruption because it enables the temptations to which they succumb.

Try thinking for yourself instead of just trying to fit in.

if you think that people have an inherent right to have a say in how they are governed

What about when people vote against their own interests?

What about when the majority suppresses minorities?

That’s a really cold, although not entirely untrue view of the war.

It paints Ukrainian’s as just a sacrifice to weaken Russia, which has limited value depending on your perspective.

Have you ever considered that kind of dichotomy actually helps him rather than hurts him?

Imagine being a Bukele supporter and seeing people like you say he’s bad just because has too much power.

To El Salvador’s population, Bukele is responsible for stopping gangs from freely using rape and murder as means of extortion. They don’t care about your stupid western ideological wars. To them, results are more important.

Compare El Salvador’s gang problem to Mexico’s, and perhaps you can see why dictatorships are not intrinsically bad just like democracies are not intrinsically good.

I don’t expect you to have that level of rationality, though.

Even if they lose?

Are you just gonna say we should’ve sent them more support? Lol.

Have you considered Ukraine cannot win without foreign armies assisting them in combat?

It’s almost like both nations are just tools to support their ruling classes.

US bails out private corporations left and right but refuses to nationalize them.

China nationalizes industries but ensures profits are maximized for those in control. (there shouldn’t even be profit in a national industry; all of it should be re-invested.)

This is why communism vs. capitalism is a stupid debate. Real solutions, to real problems. Let’s focus on that.

Debt is a kind of gravity.

Uh… no. If you pay attention to history, debt can and is wiped away without repercussion.

Debt is more of a threat, than anything else. If China fails to pay their debts, does the world just stop doing business with China?

The reason why there’s so much unpaid debt is because the ruling class has convinced workers to sell themselves out. That’s all. It doesn’t actually need to be paid just like college loans. The world would in fact be a better place if it wasn’t paid. The only people who get screwed are investors with more money than you.

Yeah, maybe they should run their country more like Mexico!