Difference of the polarization in Latin America and in other parts of the developing world

[dead0man]

Why is Bukele so popular??? This guy is awful and has a rather one dimensional solution for dealing with crime, which is more prisons.

Because his approach to crime is actually working, at least for now. El Salvador's murder rate fell from 106 per 100,000 in 2015 (the highest in the world) to 7.8 in 2022, and it's now safe for women and children to go outside. I don't like the guy at all, and his Bitcoin thing is stupid, but every Salvadoran person I've met approves of what he's doing, and I have to take their views into account.

**PDF** (and it's in Spanish)

91% agree a lot or somewhat with the actions. The actions taken by the Bukele administration are approved by almost nine out of ten adults in the country. Support for what is done by the government tends to be widespread, regardless of the socioeconomic level, age or educational level of the person.

it's hard to get 91% of people to agree the sky is blue

edit-if crime is rampant, and then it's not, you don't really care how the sausage got made, even if two of your shadier cousins have been missing for months