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by warumdarum 21 days ago
Well there are working alternatives to that:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_El_Salvador

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Yes, I suppose we could in fact do corrupt bargains with criminal groups and then throw a bunch of people in jail without worrying too much about whether they're guilty or not. Bukele isn't the first person in the world to think of that. Mussolini had a similar approach.