One good dictator is one thing but what happens after him? What are the chances he’ll be succeeded by another supposedly benevolent dictator? It also increases the chances someone gets tired of the dictator and coups him which may turn into yet another bloody civil war.
Democracy sucks but it’s the best system we have,
One can argue for his emergency decisions to handle the gangs but democracy should be restored once the dust settles.
As someone who lived many years in Latin America, including one of the very dangerous countries, it’s not great. We make do, ingrain a bunch of precautions, and it becomes normal but it sucks.
Plus El Salvador had gangs that would randomly shoot civilians just as an initiation/show of force so it’s not even like you can make proper decisions to stay out of trouble.
I can see people choosing easily. There was an interview with a mother whose kid was allegedly wrongly imprisoned and even she agreed Bukele was doing the right thing (it was obviously a cherry-picked example but still…).
Civil rights are essential but their situation was horrendous.
I just can’t think of a better solution to their situation but I’m not saying there isn’t one. From the scars of their actual civil war in the past, gangs fermented in the USA and then sent back to a small country not equipped to handle them. It’s one of those situations that just got so bad that it’s hard to argue against strong authoritarian moves but what what else could have stopped the killings?
The country certainly needed a timeout from the murders but it needs to come back to normal on civil rights after this big move. Hopefully, these emergency provisions don’t overstay their welcome to keep a select few in power.
There are some uncomfortable questions about his approach to neutralizing gangs but there’s no doubt that what he did is working.
I wonder in the long term if it’ll continue to work and maybe one day we’ll learn how many innocents got caught in such a wide net.
That’s so silly. Not that censoring a game based entirely on brutalizing Nazis makes sense.
I recall that even after the ban was lifted, most companies preferred to continue self-censoring.
German and Austrian versions of the new Wolfenstein games have swastikas and such removed/replaced.
I remember being pissed off the version sold on Steam to Switzerland was the censored version for no reason other than Switzerland is often stuffed with German and Austrian markets. When I blast sci-fi Nazis to bits, I prefer they look authentic.
And empathy doesn’t seem to be something they have.
He’s thinking like a billionaire.
I don’t think Singapore is the best example of not spying on its citizens.