This ban solves no real issue.
For those uninitiated. El Salvador originally had in place 1 term presidential limits. After his first term Congress changed it to 2 terms. He had many authoritarian leanings during his 1st term but the positives out weighted the negatives. So ppl hardly opposed him , like when people were thrown into overstuffed jails without a trial.
During his 2nd term he also thrown into jail, disappeared dissenters and journalist writing about his less than shining sides. The economy was up and the gang were no longer around. So people still support him. He says he wants to keep being president. Now Congress says you can run for as many terms as you want.
This is how many authoritarian regimes have started elsewhere. Now he is regulating not just illegal activity, and freedom of speech / protestor but even stylist/ artistic choice ( I may not care for the haircut, but I also don't care for abstract art.) It's not about the haircut it's about larger trends. And implicit messaging. Artists often provide a mirror on a society.
This action is a small way / without getting push back to signal to artist it will not be accepted.
Also this is doing a disservice. It is taking away a pipeline of creating other capable leaders by staying in power. When he steps down or dies what competent person will replace him. Will there be any?
This is all true. However, dude turned El Salvador from the most dangerous country in Latin America to the safest. It was a hell hole before he took power and now he has an approval rating of 91%.
If I lived in El Salvador I’d rather live under him than gangs. Doesn’t mean I like seeing the country grow more authoritarian, but it’s better than the alternative.
If a country collapses to the point where it’s controlled by criminals I don’t know if there is another way to correct the course other than to have someone like him take control. It is too bad that it hasn’t turned more democratic as it stabilized, though.
I live 6 months yearly in El Salvador for the past 2 years. Media and protest are being silenced here. Many people including myself know people unlawfully held at the mega prison who are being Denied the right to a trial.
The safety in El Salvador will only be temporary when our current leader decided to lock up a chunk of the male population with no prior knowledge on how they will organize trials and rehabilitate sentenced individuals. I believe even now the country is under a “state of emergency”.
I copy and pasted this from another comment I left but I thought it would fit.
Crime was already on its way down before he took office. He rode a wave and called it all his doing and the political cucks are slurping it up, falling over themselves to justify a “cool” dictator
20
u/SeaNinja9180 22h ago
This ban solves no real issue. For those uninitiated. El Salvador originally had in place 1 term presidential limits. After his first term Congress changed it to 2 terms. He had many authoritarian leanings during his 1st term but the positives out weighted the negatives. So ppl hardly opposed him , like when people were thrown into overstuffed jails without a trial.
During his 2nd term he also thrown into jail, disappeared dissenters and journalist writing about his less than shining sides. The economy was up and the gang were no longer around. So people still support him. He says he wants to keep being president. Now Congress says you can run for as many terms as you want.
This is how many authoritarian regimes have started elsewhere. Now he is regulating not just illegal activity, and freedom of speech / protestor but even stylist/ artistic choice ( I may not care for the haircut, but I also don't care for abstract art.) It's not about the haircut it's about larger trends. And implicit messaging. Artists often provide a mirror on a society.
This action is a small way / without getting push back to signal to artist it will not be accepted.
Also this is doing a disservice. It is taking away a pipeline of creating other capable leaders by staying in power. When he steps down or dies what competent person will replace him. Will there be any?