tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post6288241524905518024..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Scott Siskind on PrósperaJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-5526741728560348012021-04-15T13:10:51.307-04:002021-04-15T13:10:51.307-04:00Among other things, it's not clear to me in wh...Among other things, it's not clear to me in what sense statism is a problem, either in general or in Honduras. Denmark and Japan have very strong states. It seems to me that Honduras has a very weak state. To me, a strong state means, in the first place, a professional legal system and law enforcement apparatus, whose members are more loyal to their own profession and the institutions that back it than they are to, say, family members or patrons--plus, the taxes to pay for these things. If Honduras had that, gangs would not be the problem that they are. My impression incidentally is that the problem with gangs in a place like Honduras isn't so much drug trafficking, as that the lower reaches of the gang world there draw their profits from local extortion.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456987412710878404noreply@blogger.com