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El Salvador’s ‘cool dictator’ boasts country would be ‘a one-party system’ after election win
(www.telegraph.co.uk)
A one party democracy
So
A dictatorship
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I had to find out how accurate that quote was, since everyone who writes about this guy mentions the coolest dictator thing.
He did write that, in Spanish, on his Twitter bio.
"The coolest dictator of the world globally"
"Del mundo mundial" on Spanish is a common phrase (mostly used by children) to say "of the world". If you want to translate literally, it would be more like "of the worldly world".
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At least he knows he's not the coolest in the universe.
Ppl have no sense of irony anymore.
He was first called dictator, this is his humoristic response. Wake up!
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Putin was insanely popular in his country too, same as Kim jong un and bin Salman, they all have 100% approval rate, they most be awesome leaders
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El Salvador’s El Presidente.
“The opposition will retire and may not be seen for a while.” - Tropico
Quick photoshop job.
This is gold
This whole "democracy is colonialism" stuff needs to end lol
Especially since a decent portion of the US democracy was lifted straight out of the Six Nations. They straight up copied the Native Americans in the New England area of the country. Which is why when you look at the Greek version of Democracy, and the US version, there's a ton of differences
Bloody Ancient Athenians coming over here and taking our right to be governed by dictatum.
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It's the first time I heard about that... is that a common nonsensical political trope?
Considering Latin America has had multiple coupes caused by the US I can see why their populace is bit suseptical to that sort of rhetoric.
Multiple coups, stolen elections, entire systems of control and oppression by American corporations (banana republics), etc.
In Cuba they literally went from super racist and clinging to Spain, to multicultural and trying to get independence from Spain, then back to Jim Crow type racism because of US influences.
Latin America also has a rich and beautiful history of democracy and relative cultural unity so it's still surprising to see all these dictators come to power. Almost every single country (if not every single one) that revolted against Spain from 1808-1825 ended up becoming a democracy. We need to put this thought at the forefront so as to avoid dictatorial strongmen.
It pops up in countries that were historical targets of colonialism. Usually by the dictators who took over when the European power was kicked out.
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I fully expect to get downvoted for this but as much as im anti-dictator (like any normal person) you cannot deny he has objectively been a good thing for the country so far. He has decimated the gangs which has caused a 70% decrease in the homicide rate, going from the highest in the world to the lowest in Latin America. And him being talked as a "dictator" isnt really accurate either. He was elected Mayor of the capital at fist, was extremely popular so ran for president and won, democratically, in a landslide. And his policies, specifically with that gangs has kept him at a mind-boggling 90% approval rating, making him the most popular leader of any country, and he is running for re-election fairly and democratically, because why would he even need to rig the results when hes so insanely popular?
Yes there is Plenty you can criticise him for (being anti-aborition and anti-gay marriage for example) but in that regard he is no worse than any previous leader of the country.
He's not a dictator yet, but he'll have the opportunity to rewrite the constitution with the numbers his party will get in the next election. He seems to have signalled this is what he plans to do. Given his economic policies and the fact that he runs a police state (even if it was temporarily needed to get rid of gangs I doubt it will stop), he looks a lot like Pinochet which gives some people pause.
That said it's up to the people of El Salvador to decide if it's worth the risk to hand one party all the power.
Edit: current election not next election
Imagine the opposition was inviting gang leaders to decide what to do with the country.
That's what happened and it's documented in video.
Why would anybody vote for them?
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What the world really needs right now is another narcissistic dictator.
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Anyone who puts the words "coolest dictator" in a non satire publication needs to be stockaded
It’s what he calls himself on Twitter. I think it’s good for journalists to bring this cringe to light
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So a dictatorship.
A candidate being so insanely popular the other parties dont stand a chance isnt really the same as a dictatorship.
And why does a guy with this much support feel compelled to do away with democracy in the first place? This dude is already neck-deep in some shit and is already working to undermine the eventual backlash.
He wants to be the only gang in Salvador
That would be the same El Salvador that's had the world's highest murder rate since I was a kid, would it?
Sounds like the "war on gangs" is just "replace them all with one big gang and put the leader in charge of the country".
But go back far enough and that's how a lot of countries became more than a bunch of local warlords fucking up each others shit.
The oposition literally invited the gangs to decide what to do with the country.
It's documented in video.
Study the case first before giving a strong opinion.
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Dude looks like the darkest timeline’s version of Johnathan from Queer Eye.
My latin American country needs someone like this dude to get rid of both local and foreign crime, which is going to run rampant at some point
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