So Mr. Bitcoin President of El Salvador has deployed a massive wave of incarcerating violent gang members to combat endemic violence in the country, but also at the cost of civil liberties and also not addressing the root causes of the gang violence in the first place.
Of course, El Salvador has been among the most violent countries in the world in terms of murder rates and violent crimes so something had to be done, but I’m not convinced that this crackdown will do anything but kick the can down the road.
Thoughts? Also, apologies for the Guardian link it was the first summary to come up when I searched it :ohnoes:
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Demand the young go around committing violence on the people
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Declare an end to their usefulness; Cultural Revolution is over
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Red Guards now out of a job
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What’s the only skill they have? Going around committing violence on the people
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:surprised-pika:
