• maporita@unilem.org
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    1 year ago

    The voters feel they have no alternative. They’ve tried the traditional left and the traditional right and both parties failed them.

    Take El Salvador. They elected a fascist in 2019. He’s turned the nation into a police state and locked up tens of thousands of young men without a trial. But his approval rating is currently 80% … the highest in Latin America. The reason ? When he took office in 2019 the homicide rate was 51 per 100k people. It’s now 8. People can walk down the street without fear. Gangs no longer harass young girls and extort protection money from local businesses.

    If we want people to reject fascists we need to give them alternatives that actually work.