🇸🇻 Gangsters in El Salvador are terrified of strongman Nayib Bukele
He protects citizens from crime. But who will protect them from him?
On February 4th El Salvador is holding elections. Mr Bukele is constitutionally barred from standing for a second term. Yet he is standing, having confected a Putinesque workaround to dodge term limits. And he is certain to win, having brought peace to a country previously terrorised by criminal gangs. He is one of the most popular leaders in the world. Many politicians in the region wonder if they should emulate him.
Mr Bukele has also used his crusade for public order as an excuse to move towards authoritarianism. He has used soldiers to intimidate lawmakers. He has purged and packed the judiciary. He has imposed a “temporary” state of emergency, which keeps being extended. Journalists face prison if they report on the gang crackdown in a way that “creates panic”. Election rules have been tweaked to give the ruling party an advantage. The powers Mr Bukele has amassed are enough to cow the press, the judiciary and his opponents. When re-elected, he will no doubt continue to dismantle checks and balances. If, one day, Salvadoreans tire of him, they may find it hard to remove him. And he is only 42.
One lesson is that politicians who respect the rule of law must take street-level crime seriously or risk being outflanked by strongmen. Mr Bukele warns that if the opposition were to win, they would “let all the gangsters free”, as one campaign ad put it.
The best way to reduce gang violence in Latin America would be to legalise drugs everywhere, removing the largest prize over which gangsters fight. This would not be a panacea—the gangs in El Salvador made their money largely from extortion. And it is not going to happen soon—the United States would make life unpleasant for any country that tried it.
So leaders who care about civil liberties must do the hard, patient work of figuring out how to fight crime without trampling on them. That means training police better to investigate crimes, and speeding up trials so suspects don’t spend years in cells awaiting their day in court, during which they may be recruited by gangs. It does not mean using the army as cops.
📝 The Rothschilds want to legalise every hardcore drug to ”fight the cartels”.
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🚨 THE OCCULT ORIGINS OF THE “GOLDEN AGE” 👇🏽
Since this phrase “Golden Age” keeps being thrown around so much, I thought it would be good to inform you of its origins.
First of all, it didn’t come from optimism or biblical hope—it comes from ancient occult systems that predate Christianity.
In Greek and Roman mythology, the Golden Age was a mythical era ruled by Saturn (Cronus), where mankind lived without law, labor, or moral restraint.
The gods openly interacted with humans, and man was viewed as divine-like. This age was believed to be lost, not because of sin—but because of a fall from higher knowledge.
Occult philosophy later rebranded this idea. Through Hermeticism, the Golden Age became something humanity could reclaim through secret knowledge (gnosis).
The goal wasn’t repentance—it was enlightenment. Man would become what he once was again: self-governing, god-like, and free from divine authority.
In the 1800s, Helena Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society ...