ArjinFerman
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ArjinFerman
Tinfoil Gigachad
4hr ago
Is the relaxing part happening? My read of the data (which Bukele is trying to obfuscate) is that the prison population of El Salvador is continuing to increase even after the murder rate stabilised at a low level.
That's a bit misleading. We are not seeing the same kind of increase as we did earlier, so we do definitely see relaxation. We are also quite definitely observing the rest of the population living under sunshine and rainbows.
Despite the calls for longer sentences on the populist right, there still seems to be a consensus within the MAGA movement that the Trump tariff revenue and DOGE savings should be used for tax cuts, not prison building.
The average person's views on taxation and spending are incoherent, and that's true no matter whether you're talking about the left or the right. Either way, if you want to imply that the DOGE-enjoyers want to cut spending on prison, maybe you can provide a link to an example or two.
Surely they can earn their keep with a bit of forced labour?
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