re: Bukele is doing good things in El Salvador: Your feel good video for Friday

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I’ve agreed with your reasoning throughout this thread until this statement. Bukele had to stop the momentum by seizing control of the public spaces. If you disagree with that then maybe you have some semantic disagreement with the word “momentum”.

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Yeah the "momentum" argument would have required Bukele to use momentum to get the criminals out of society, but he chose a different path (seizing, as you said).

You don't need momentum if you simply remove all the criminals. If this "ball of criminality" is the metaphor for moemtnum/inertia, the criminals had the ball moving with such force the energy/resources needed to stop it would be immense and impossible culturally. You could engage in a slow process to add more friction (cultural change) and eventually stop the ball and then push it the other way.

What Bukele did was simply remove the ball itself entirely. There is no more momentum heading towards society anymore to deal with.

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bring back my slo cuck pro! hurr durr! i cannot make it without him on the poliboard!

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As relevant and substantive as always.

The mask is off with this board the past two years. Most of you guys don't actually care about things like free speech or civil liberties, which you purported to during the Biden administration. SFP and Roger have always been consistent on these subjects.

You know why crime is going down but instead you do the berries and cream dance and act like society is getting better

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The violent and criminal behavior was exclusively due to a specific population that has been removed.

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Thus, it's been successful.

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Bukele didn't use cultural or behavioral momentum to achieve his goals. You'd have an argument had he done so ,but he chose the other path, and that path is what my post describes.

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Where do you think the drive to create an increase in authoritarianism came from? Cultural momentum pushing for change.

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The "momentum" had already been changed by removing that population, and further state erosion of rights isn't necessary anymore.

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I think this is the point where we see things differently. The momentum has changed, but it hasn't reached over-correction yet (that would be the point where a large segment of society would call for peeling back the laws and/or level of enforcement). Once he (or, more accurately, the sum of the actions driving the momentum) no longer enjoys widespread support, that's when the momentum changes.

The Bukele magic is quite apparent. He is allowing good to conquer evil. I pray he is followed with leaders who admire what he has done.

With increased US protection of this hemisphere as a whole, expect good things to happen. The Monroe Doctrine is being used as it should be.

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The momentum has changed, but it hasn't reached over-correction yet

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There are no more gang members left to correct

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I don't know if using cities where crime has dramatically dropped over the past 30 years WITHOUT dictatorial, right-erosion are the examples you want to cite.

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Hands down, one of the most retarded posts you've made, counselor. Self-report to the Bar, do not pass Go.

I'm certain you can back it up, with cooked numbers.

Then you completely ignore cities (like DC has finally admitted) which are not accurate, the FBI admits are not accurate.. The same cities which ignore 911, because 'response' rates of 30-40%, causing 'underreporting', because .... wait for it, frustrated individuals and businesses often don't call.

So, if you want to state 'reporting is down', then you may be correct. Crime is not.

Lets take an example, Murder-Homicide. In El Salvador, last year about 1.2 per 100k people. Total of 82 homicides.

That's a couple of weekends in Chicago alone, my brother, at 7.7 per 100k people.

You do you, boo.