El Salvador is beating homicide rate projections made in May of this year. They are on track for their safest year ever, and all it took was locking up their criminals. As of June, Nayib Bukele has a 92.9% approval rating, 90.9% reelection support, and 92.4% crackdown support.
El Salvador is beating homicide rate projections made in May of this year. They are on track for their safest year ever, and all it took was locking up their criminals. As of June, Nayib Bukele has a 92.9% approval rating, 90.9% reelection support, and 92.4% crackdown support.
Contrary to the outcry about how El Salvador is an example of the death of democracy, it is actually the most popular legitimate democracy in the world. Given the success of the crackdown, it's no wonder. Sources: web.archive.org/web/2023092002… web.archive.org/web/2023092002…
@cremieuxrecueil Who knows how many innocents got incarcerated without due process. 30%? 40%? Would that be an aceptable trade off? That is the detail many seem to omit and reason why it is not being replicated elsewhere.
@cremieuxrecueil What is your evidence that the decline in murder has anything to do with increased imprisonment? The methodologically soundest research does not find that higher punishment levels lower, on net, violent crime rates.
@cremieuxrecueil I want to believe, but what are the odds that Bukele's government heavily massaged (if not outright faked) the data? Homicide is rare enough for 99.9%+ of people to never witness an instance in their whole lives
@cremieuxrecueil Was there a few weeks ago, felt infinitely safer than California
@cremieuxrecueil We could nearly eliminate crime by incarcerating males until they turn 30