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"The country once known for having the world’s highest murder rate now has the world’s highest incarceration rate."

Homicide down 92%
90% approval
44% decline migration to US

El Salvador won its war on crime. "Rights groups" and criminals hit hardest. https://t.co/YJdx7IPFDEwsj.com/articles/the-c…
Ecuador has seen its murder rate quadruple between 2019 and 2022.

Local mayor: “It’s simple, just copy him. Do what Bukele’s doing."

The rest of Latin America is waking up.
Children can play outside without parents asking permission from gangs. Businesses no longer pay extortion.

Delivery man no longer has his tips stolen from him.

This is what "human rights" groups fight against.
An "indigenous spiritual leader" whose son is admittedly a member of MS-13 doesn't approve.

"In another video, police officers smash headstones at a cemetery to eliminate gang insignia on the graves of dead members."

Love it. These scumbags got to terrorize the country and then were honored for it in death.

Bukele is even tough on dead criminals.
"Rights groups said the government should boost spending on social programs for young people and on gangster rehabilitation, instead of focusing on punitive measures and mass incarceration."

Lol, these people are a cancer.
"Extortion had become so institutionalized that Ramirez said a bank asked him for detailed information on payments to gangs when he once applied for a business loan." 3K transport workers killed in 20 yrs.

This is just amazing. Society tolerated this until one man sad enough.
I wrote about Bukele's success here.

Left-wing ideas about the causes and solutions to crime are just wrong. People need to stop listening to them. richardhanania.com/p/the-midwit-m…
It gets better. Bukele sent prisoners to smash the headstones.

Now normal people can even use the cemetery, because the gang members aren’t gathering around smoking a blunt for their fallen homie. https://t.co/yiZl48DNFSbbc.com/news/world-lat…
And here’s the first article in the series on Bukele’s success. richardhanania.com/p/the-invisibl…

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Jun 29
Supreme Court: "Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it." Even against white people and high performing Asians.

Harvard and UNC affirmative action programs struck down. 🧵 on decision. https://t.co/mv84W6TrxU https://t.co/EyGMcK4EO2supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf…
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Supreme Court first blessed affirmative action in 1978.

In 2003, 25 years later, it said affirmative action would be needed for 25 more years.

SCOTUS: "Twenty years later, no end is in sight."

Harvard gave no timeline for it ending.

The Court says enough is enough.

SCOTUS begins by describing the Harvard admission system.

At the first step of the process, they consider race.

Then at the second step, they also consider race.

Finally, when deciding who to cut from admissions, they consider race.

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Jun 15
Woke is an intellectual and spiritual cancer. It has negatively impacted politics and the functioning of institutions. But not enough thought has been given to how it's contributed to artistic stagnation and what Douthat calls decadence. I explain here. richardhanania.com/p/how-woke-cau…
The idea that we see less original storytelling has become a trope.

The problem is that art is supposed to reflect and speak to human nature. When human nature is prohibited, you have to rely on the past to have anything at all compelling. ImageImage
The biggest problem seems to be the resistance to "gendered" morality, behavior, and ideals. But that's what people want and expect. Reversing the sexes in a template ("female hero saves prince in distress") doesn't work. Neither does treating people as sexless individuals. Image
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Jun 13
In Japan, average dwelling is 1,310 sq ft. In Alabama, it's 2,146, 63% larger.

Japan has 49 cars per 100 residents. Alabama has 110.

Japan is poor. And I'm not going to even count how much Alabamans eat.

The American system is superior. Sorry if my patriotism offends you.🇺🇸 ImageImageImage
"Japanese don't need to drive anywhere!"

Ok then, how about clothes dryers? Average size of TV?

Sorry America haters. ImageImageImage
Alabamans have leisure time to enjoy sports, well fed and rested. They make use of the division of labor, let the janitors clean the stadium after. Japan is at a much lower state of development, as reflected in its norms. ImageImage
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Jun 8
Supreme Court: Alabama's congressional districts are too white.

People don't realize the Voting Rights Act mandates racial tribalism in elections.

Conservatives gave Democrats another congressional seat. Imagine the reverse happening. supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf… Image
Whites in Alabama vote to Republican. If they were split between Democrats and Republicans, they could draw their districts however they want. But since they're Republicans, they have to give blacks another seat. This is a Lebanon-type system. ImageImage
Alabama: we believe in something called "Gulf Coast" Americans. They're a group that deserves its own congressional district!

Supreme Court: Sorry, but that's trumped by the "Black Belt." Now that's a real community! ImageImage
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Jun 5
You probably have noticed that a lot of successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have been supporting right-wing candidates and causes. Why is this happening? And how much will these individuals shape the future of our politics? I wrote about it here. richardhanania.com/p/understandin…
Left-wing academics have called this "TESCREAL." Andreessen has trolled these types by putting the acronym in his bio. This concept is sort of silly, but with Elon buying Twitter, him and Sacks supporting DeSantis, etc, something is definitely happening. ImageImage
Tech is the most common industry among my readers, which makes sense only if you think TESCREAL gets at something real. Since TESCREAL looks and sounds ugly, we can call this group the Tech Right, both because they're in tech and technology is fundamental to their worldview. ImageImage
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Jun 2
"For most people, saying blacks commit a lot of crime and we should talk about it more is not a smart career move. For someone in my position, it’s apparently the path to success."

On when people refer to writers as "brave" to mean "agrees with me." richardhanania.com/p/your-favorit…
Like them or not, Trump's critics have been the bravest members of the Republican Party over the last few years. Every incentive has been to submit to this man. This is why DeSantis has a shot and Liz Cheney doesn't. Right-wing brains melted by partisanship can't comprehend that Image
Sorry, blocking anyone who doubts that Liz Cheney is brave. I don’t even like Liz Cheney, but if you doubt this your brain has been so rotted by conservative grievance culture you’re beyond hope. May make exceptions for people I know.
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