Tennessee is, in effect, a one party state. But that doesn't satisfy the ruling party:
"As in Hungary or Poland or as in Venezuela, the experience of radicalism can make people more radical. Total control of a political system can make the victors not more magnanimous, but more frustrated, not least because they learn that total control still doesn’t deliver what they think it should...
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Anne Applebaum (anneapplebaum@journa.host)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 13:58:20 JST Anne Applebaum
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Anne Applebaum (anneapplebaum@journa.host)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jul-2023 13:58:21 JST Anne Applebaum
In which I ask: is Tennessee a democracy? https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/tennessee-republican-partisanship-one-party-state/674732/
Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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