4 ms·
When the government is the most powerful gang, with all the firepower of government, then they can seize power and overcome other gangs. But that doesn't reduce
by wolverine876 3y ago
When the government is the most powerful gang, with all the firepower of government, then they can seize power and overcome other gangs. But that doesn't reduce the gangs in people's lives.
- azinman2 3y agoExcept the gov there wasn't able to do that until recently. Haiti has zero chance of it, Mexico let it infiltrate to include the former president, and the US has been unable to largely stomp out its gangs. I understand you were trying to make a cynical point about govs, but I don't think it's even true.
- wolverine876 3y agoI'm making an genuine point about dictators. They are no more than gang leaders with a title.
- mycologos 3y ago> But that doesn't reduce the gangs in people's lives. TFA says that before the crackdown gangs directly extorted money from civilians, and frequently threatened and murdered them. As far as anybody seems to be able to tell, the current government is not doing that. You can maybe argue that they are harming any innocents swept up in the crackdown, but the scale of civilian suffering seems far lower now. I don't get how that isn't "reduc[ing] the gangs in people's lives".