You have to keep in mind the alternative. Salvadorans before Bukele lived under a violent and oppressive regime (the gangs); so even if Bukele becomes a tyrant,

You have to keep in mind the alternative. Salvadorans before Bukele lived under a violent and oppressive regime (the gangs); so even if Bukele becomes a tyrant, it won't be any worse than what they had before. At best people are massively better off, at worst they are no worse off, so it's an easy bet to make.