> How do you know that the "overwhelming majority" are "bad people who prey on others" without a functional judicial system to prove it?
You think the murder rate went down by two orders of magnitude by locking up good, innocent people?
You think the murder rate went down by two orders of magnitude by locking up good, innocent people?
But you can just read the article if you don't believe me: "While polling consistently shows that Bukele is quite popular in El Salvador, surveys also show a steady increase in fear of public criticism of the government — to degrees that sometimes match the president’s approval rating. 'There’s a sector of the population that feels better, because it’s true that we perceive more security, we’re no longer afraid of the gangs. Now we’re afraid of the regime,' says Ramirez. 'We see soldiers everywhere, police everywhere, patrol cars, and they’re arresting people.'"