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I think this reduction in crime is only temporary. You still have a poor country full of desperate people, and it's only a matter of time before the criminal en
by 1270018080 3y ago
I think this reduction in crime is only temporary. You still have a poor country full of desperate people, and it's only a matter of time before the criminal enterprise vacuum gets filled by the next generation. The slate did get wiped clean, but the root cause is still there.
- ip26 3y agoA protection racket fills a power or monopoly on violence vacuum. The current government would seem to be filling this vacuum today.
- 1270018080 3y agoI mean an "economic surplus" vacuum. There's lots of money to be made doing human and drug trafficking and the whole market in a country just got wiped out. And the citizens there are still poor. So it's only a matter of time before a group fills the void.
- nemo44x 3y agoHe has weeded out corruption from within too so I’d say he has identified the root cause. The biggest risk they have is it’s difficult to replicate a great leaders abilities. It doesn’t scale well. So he needs to shift the culture during his era.
- Georgelemental 3y agoExtortion was one of the biggest impediments to economic growth, eliminating it should help the economy, no? And he is building schools, hospitals, etc too