Gather around, folks, because it’s time to dive into the wild world of politics and the colorful cast of characters making headlines. Our story begins in El Salvador, once notorious for having extremely high murder rates thanks to gangs like the fearsome MS-13. The country seemed like a lost cause until one strongman, Nayib Bukele, swooped in, determined to clean house. Instead of turning a blind eye, he rolled up his sleeves and went on a jail-building spree, rounding up the roughest of the bunch. A few short years later, El Salvador transformed into one of the safest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Who knew that locking up those doing all the wrongs was key to making things right?

Meanwhile, back on U.S. soil, a different kind of battle is brewing. Forget prime-time drama; this is the kind of action movie nobody expected but everyone needed.

So, what do we learn from all this? Whether in Central America or closer to home, it’s often a small number of baddies who make life miserable for everyone else. Maybe it’s time to ditch the nicety-police approach in favor of a more direct strategy, one that puts bad apples in a nice, cozy cell. After all, results speak for themselves, and in the quest for peace and tranquility, well-placed pragmatism might just outshine all that wishful thinking.