Geopolitics
The Bukele Trap: How Capitalist Violence Demands Authoritarian 'Solutions' and Imperils the Global South
Nayib Bukele's regime in El Salvador has dramatically reduced homicide rates through authoritarian measures, including mass imprisonment, suppression of civil liberties, and the dismantling of democratic institutions. This brutal exchange of democracy for security is not a solution but a dark capitulation to the very capitalist system that breeds the violence it claims to fight.
