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El Salvador used to be one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Beginning in March 2022, President Bukele began the crackdown on gang crime, imprisoning 70,000 people. CECOT houses 40,000 of the worst criminals in stark conditions and there are 80 men to a cell. Many have tattoos with the motto “Laugh Now, Pay Later.” The men, mostly in their 20s, will never see sunlight or their families again.
The journalist was allowed a short interview with an inmate, Psycho.
President Trump recently met with President Bukele and proposed paying El Salvador to house violent, habitual criminals, both foreign migrants and also Americans, in the Central American country. It is far less expensive to imprison criminals in El Salvador than America.
A few weeks ago, an image went viral. In Belgium a migrant used the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to cook an omelette. For many, the desecration brought to mind a quote from French author Jean Raspail, written in 1973 in his novel Camp of the Saints, about a sudden invasion of Muslim, Indian and African migrants into France:
“Your universe has no meaning to them. They will not try to understand. They will be tired, they will be cold, they will make a fire with your beautiful oak door.”
“Beware of two errors: despising the world God sustains, or worshipping the culture He restrains.”
— Abraham Kuyper, Common Grace Vol. 1, Ch. 30
"[Successful NY Mayoral candidate] Mamdani built his campaign on the infrastructure of the Democratic Socialists of America. The DSA and its city allies can dispatch activists across New York and, with a network of progressive partner organizations, can mobilize young people, get out the vote, and do the work of door-to-door politics.
"We saw this dynamic many times in the twentieth century: socialists rise to power, their policies degrade the quality of life, and, as they enter the endgame, they tighten their grip on power and offload resentments onto their ideological, racial, and economic enemies.
"...the twentieth century taught us that left-wing voters have extraordinary defenses against reality."
-- Christopher Rufo
