El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has become known for his uncompromising stance against gang crime. Now, a statement is circulating in which he claims that states that fail to crack down on crime themselves bear the responsibility—and are, in effect, complicit.
The President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele has once again come down hard on countries that fail to tackle crime. In a widely circulated statement, he says:
”There is no state that cannot defeat criminals. If a state does not defeat crime, it is because the state is complicit.”
The statement has gone viral, including on X, where it has been shared thousands of times. During his time in office, Bukele has carried out an extensive campaign against gang violence in El Salvador, with mass arrests and tough measures that have significantly reduced the country’s homicide rate. His approach has been both praised and criticized internationally.
Commentators have linked this statement to the situation in other countries where crime rates remain high despite political promises. Bukele’s message is clear: the lack of results is not because the problem is impossible to solve, but because of a lack of will or outright complicity on the part of the government.
There’s some truth to what he says… In Sweden, you can go to prison for criticizing another, foreign culture that has caused the population major problems AND that is criminal. Some Swedish authorities depend on the existence of crime for their livelihood. If our police were given RESOURCES, they would be able to crush the criminals. But they are NOT given these resources, because then they would be considered RACISTS.
The fact that those in power receive money from criminals IS THE REASON.
100%—that's right! 🔥👏🏻
Why does the ”volume discount” system exist? Well, because it seems that certain criminals are needed in our battered society.
Is this a RIDICULOUS system?? YES, why does it still exist?? The trust that the Swedish people have in one another MUST be destroyed, according to THOSE IN POWER. But that can’t be right, can it? Then why does it still exist???
Those in power seem to need a threatening society; otherwise, wouldn’t they crack down on criminals AND DEPORT FOREIGN CRIMINALS? BUT THEY DON’T. They need murderers, rapists, and others. Now some of them are in OUR PARLIAMENT. Is THAT where they’re needed???