Posted on 01/05/2024 5:36:07 PM PST by MtnClimber
A YouTube video presents the story of the El Salvadoran dictatorship that has eradicated the criminal gangs, which, for decades, tormented families in that small nation. A lawless nation has, for now, been tamed by a lawless government. Will it happen here? Must it?
In El Salvador, the problem of gangster crime had become unbearable for most of the population. The murder rate was extremely high and growing. The killers were unspeakably brutal. Tortures were often gruesome beyond description. Rapes were all too common, even in public places. Extortion was breaking the back of private enterprise. Children were sometimes killed for the amusement of remorseless snipers. The government seemed helpless to control the worsening crisis.
History has shown that when such conditions exist, the political situation is ripe for the emergence of a “strong man.” Some of the most infamous dictators have seized power in that milieu and, whether in countries large or small, have wrought misery on the population that once had clamored for them to take firm action.
The philosophy expressed during the American Revolution is that those who value peace and security more than they value freedom will soon lose both. It is true, but in El Salvador, the situation is different, in degree and character, from the American experience of 1776. As insufferable as was the British oppression of the Colonies, the “Tommies” were not barbaric. Their officers were civilized gentlemen. The Salvadoran gangsters associated with MS-13 are cruel savages. President Trump referred to them as “animals.”
Democratic, constitutional efforts in El Salvador had previously failed to relieve the citizenry of the agony wrought by the gangs. Moreover, the prevalence of unrestrained barbarism had posed the possibility of anarchy, a failed state, or some other existential threat.
The question then arises: which is the worse evil?
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
I am worried that the criminals and gang members have slipped across our southern border at the invitation of Joe Bi-Dung.
Under Joe.
A dictatorship is always inevitable after society goes broke after proliferate spending.
So yes, if the politicians don’t get together and fix America’s finances, an authoritarian government is inevitable.
No.
It’s not even plausible.
Frankly, I think we need a Pinochet. For a brief time.
But those things are rarely for “a brief time”.
So we’ll end up with Stalin.
No sure we need q “strong man”, but we really do need a cognitive man and a continant man.
There's only one Pinochet. A benevolent dictator. Usually, that's just not possible.
Although, Sisi seems pretty good in Egypt. He went after the Muslim Brotherhood big time.
As that fact becomes increasingly clear to Americans, the urgency to act against the enemy at hand, whether by local sheriffs, state legislatures, or vigilantes, will result in unpredictable outcomes, none of which is likely to be tranquil.
“Then there are sheepdogs,” he went on, “and I’m a
sheepdog. I live to protect the flock and confront the
wolf.” Or, as a sign in one California law enforcement
agency put it, “We intimidate those who intimidate
others.”
If you have no capacity for violence then you are a
healthy productive citizen: a sheep. If you have a
capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow
citizens, then you have defined an aggressive sociopath—a
wolf. But what if you have a capacity for violence, and a
deep love for your fellow citizens? Then you are a
sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero’s
path. Someone who can walk into the heart of darkness,
into the universal human phobia, and walk out unscathed
Someone needs to remind our tyrants of what happened to Nicolae Ceaușescu
Everybody thinks they are the sheepdog.
“Inevitable?”
We’re there now....
We’re soaking in it.
“Frankly, I think we need a Pinochet. For a brief time.
But those things are rarely for “a brief time”.
So we’ll end up with Stalin.”
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Or Franco.
Which might not be the worst thing at this point.
Exactly. There is no such thing as a Republic with fake elections. Arizona could have had the best Governor in America but the elections were stolen AGAIN. 2000 Mules made the case but no one was arrested because the crooks are still in charge. A full length movie , State Of Denial , shows how Arizona was stolen in 2022.
Washington would have been the only man who could have been a benevolent dictator (king) for the rest of his life and the majority of people then would have been ok with it. He didn’t want to do it. I believe he knew it wouldn’t be a good thing to do, either for himself personally, or that it would be a rallying point for others to group up and attack him/the government.
Another reson it would have worked was that Washington had other men of high character around him helping and assisting him and that is crucial. He couldnt do it alone if everyone else around him was crooked and corrupted.
No one alive here has the moral character of George Washington. And there aren’t enough uncorruptible people to surround a benevolent dictator to keep things moving and flowing and uncorrupted. Any benevolent dictatorship, no matter how well it starts out, will not end well.
Everybody thinks they are the sheepdog.
Find the real ones or BE the real sheep dog
Average IQ of 80.
The only problem is that it would have established a precedent. Andrew Jackson would decide to be President for life, after all George Washington did it
although I recognize that we should not have anybody forming a dictatorship, because our sinful nature would result in another Soviet Union or Nazi Germany, in my fantasy mind I thing it would be great if Constitutional conservatives could get an iron grip on America and force repairs for where liberals have done damage.
I still don’t recognize that as a good thing, but in my fantasy mind it’s fantastic. :)
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