Watch The Price of El Salvador's War on Gangs: https://youtu.be/mtLiQnXC7sQ
1 year ago | 5
A just government protects the rights of innocent people. Murderers and criminals, after convicted in a court of law, must face restrictions of civil liberties
1 year ago | 68
They had to do something. Let's hope this guy doesn't get corrupted by power. That always kills a country.
1 year ago | 17
My main issue with Bukele’s crackdown was the need to produce high arrest numbers, choosing quantity over quality of the crackdown itself. Lots of innocent people have gotten mixed up in all the rounding up. Theres no way you’re jailing 2-3% of the population without many innocents in the crossfire
1 year ago | 12
Being able to safely walk at night is also a liberty.
1 year ago | 76
The most important civil liberty is being able to get out of home and come back alive.
1 year ago | 11
Having grown up in Guatemala, I can say unbridled crime must not come at the cost of the freedom law abiding citizens should enjoy. Unfortunately, most would gladly trade the more intrusive government for safety in day to day life.
1 year ago | 5
Depends on how bad things are and the nature of crimes.
1 year ago | 10
I fly through El Salvador on my way from California to Bogota often. The last flight I was talking with two of El Salvador's citizens they told me although they're not in love with their president he is doing the right thing because they were unable to leave their houses without a fear of being killed by gun violence. On the return trip from Bogota when I exited into the airport to change planes there was many armed police and they were seizing anyone who had gang tattoos on them. I think the El Salvadorian people have a right to live without constant fear of the gangs
1 year ago | 3
If one’s nation is being overrun by gang members and criminals, nobody has liberties except those who run said criminal organizations. The situation is not ideal, but any civil liberties the people of El Salvador had were lost long ago when their previous leaders allowed criminals to thrive in their country.
1 year ago (edited) | 3
Of course it should. To an extent. The devil is in the details. The answer does not lie in absolutes, but in scary compromise.
1 year ago | 0
Benjamin Franklin once said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
1 year ago | 11
First - legalize, control and tax drugs. THEN let's see how much "crime" is leftover. Not surrendering civil liberties to uphold Nixon's failed war on drugs anymore than people willingly surrendered their rights to uphold prohibition. Fix the system - then we'll consider compromises.
1 year ago | 0
Violating civil liberties of criminals and gang members? I think we know being soft on them doesnt work.
1 year ago | 9
Bloomberg Originals
Should a crackdown on crime come at the cost of civil liberties? In El Salvador, Nayib Bukele turned one of the most dangerous countries in Latin America to one of the safest. Watch The Price of El Salvador's War on Gangs: https://youtu.be/mtLiQnXC7sQ
1 year ago | [YT] | 166