AIPedant 18 hours ago

This is lying with data, giving Bukele credit for sociological factors that predate his administration:

  Year  Rate   Total
  2015  106.3  6,656
  2016  84.1   5,269
  2017  83.0   3,962
  2018  53.1   3,346
  2019  38.0   2,398 [Bukele’s inauguration]
  2020  21.2   1,341
  2021  18.1   1,147
  2022  7.8    495 [start of gang crackdown]
  2023  2.4    154
  2024  1.9    114
Genuinely infuriating that you crow about the “10x” drop of 1100->150 homicides, rooting for mass incarceration and excusing torture, when homicides were plummeting drastically for nearly a decade before the crackdown. He had nothing to do with the 6,600->3,300 drop, but I guess according to your math that’s merely halving.

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BSDobelix 17 hours ago

2021 18.1 1,147 2022 7.8 495 [start of gang crackdown] 2023 2.4 154 2024 1.9 114

18.1 to 1.9 ...that is a 10x drop.

AIPedant 16 hours ago

My point is that's not as significant as the 2x drop that happened in the four years before Bukele was even inaugurated. It's extremely misleading to look at proportions instead of actual numbers - you're lying with data.

BSDobelix 16 hours ago

I never said something about Bukele, but he made a additional 8x drop right? Also 90% of the people think he makes a good job...basta.