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> Policing does barely anything. Putting one hard criminal in prison only opens up a power vacuum that 10 more people step up to want to fill. Unless the entir
by jacooper 3y ago
> Policing does barely anything. Putting one hard criminal in prison only opens up a power vacuum that 10 more people step up to want to fill.
Unless the entire gang gets wiped, which they can do, but they dont.
> Interviews with some of these young criminals (borderline child soldiers at this point) show that they do not expect to live past 20-25, so they really don't care.
Thats an issue, because they will never say that if they stayed in their countries (pre-war).
- moogly 3y ago> Unless the entire gang gets wiped, which they can do, but they dont. So death squads. How's that working out in Latin America?
- selectodude 3y agoRemarkably well. https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/8/7/could-el-salvadors-gang-crackdown-spread-across-latin-america https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/8/7/could-el-salvado...
- workfromspace 3y agoFYI: Here's Non-AMP version: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/7/could-el-salvadors-gang-crackdown-spread-across-latin-america https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/7/could-el-salvadors-g... (And here is archived version: https://archive.ph/ai2fQ https://archive.ph/ai2fQ )