• xyzzy@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      11
      ·
      1 day ago

      Except he actually made them run worse but just claimed that they were better. So basically exactly like Trump.

      • AbsentBird@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        8
        ·
        1 day ago

        And El Salvador

        Under Bukele’s crackdown, the government has been undercounting homicides by as much as 47 percent. This is no bureaucratic or clerical error. Since taking office, Bukele’s administration has been laser-focused on reducing homicide rates and improving perceptions of security.

        • krf@szmer.info
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          5
          ·
          1 day ago

          “Murder was in fact a fairly uncommon event in Ankh-Morpork, but there were a lot of suicides. Walking in the night-time alleyways of The Shades was suicide. Asking for a short in a dwarf bar was suicide. Saying ‘Got rocks in your head?’ to a troll was suicide. You could commit suicide very easily, if you weren’t careful.”