Nayib Bukele will be voted for by 80% or 90% of his fellow citizens in the elections. He will become perfectly illegal and will maintain the support of four out of five compatriots.

He has no intention of pretending to respect democratic rules, debate, or separation of powers. He only wants to do what he wants when he wants, and justifies himself by saying that it was those rules that he wants. It is not that these messianic leaders have become fascist; it is that democracy and its politics are losing space due to their errors.