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starspangled ◴[] No.42925817[source]
It's interesting and nice to see how progressive and creative El Salvador has been. Some failures are perfectly understandable when one is willing to try new things. Their approach to crime is another thing that comes to mind that was lambasted and ridiculed by the "international community" and "experts". Yet in the space of a single decade they went from murder capital of the world to safer than New Zealand (in terms of homicide rate), which is just staggering.

I love that they are innovating and experimenting and trying their own things, and don't let the stuffy pompous status quo hold them back.

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the_af ◴[] No.42926054[source]
Regardless of whether you think of them as successful or failed, I don't think you can see El Salvador's policies as "progressive".
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influx ◴[] No.42926086[source]
How is it "progressive" to allow public safety issues to disproportionately impact vulnerable populations?
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