Ah yeah, I’m sure lack of due process in an authoritarian regime leaves freedom of speech and accurate reporting of power abuse from the state completely unaffected.
Maybe the murder/crime rate has technically gone down, but the prospect of getting thrown in a literal dungeon without trial for having a tattoo, being mistaken for someone else, or doing some thing the government decided they didn’t like that week, doesn’t sound safe, even if statistically so.
Without due process and unchecked power, Bukele’s regime are the new gangsters. You haven’t solved anything.
Next are the journalists and activists that will end up there.
He definitely has. A few years ago, San Salvador was known as the murder capital of the world, but nowadays it’s one of the safest places to live.
Ah yeah, I’m sure lack of due process in an authoritarian regime leaves freedom of speech and accurate reporting of power abuse from the state completely unaffected.
Maybe the murder/crime rate has technically gone down, but the prospect of getting thrown in a literal dungeon without trial for having a tattoo, being mistaken for someone else, or doing some thing the government decided they didn’t like that week, doesn’t sound safe, even if statistically so.
By that definition, the DPRK is “safe” because you’re unlikely to get randomly mugged or something while you’re there. But God have mercy on a tourist who tries to bring home a piece of paper from a hotel room.
Murder rate by ms13 down, murdercamp innocent civilians WAAAAYYYYY up. That other user is eating the fascist propaganda like candy.
Fighting violence with violence.