r/worldnewsvideo • u/PlenitudeOpulence Plenty 🩺🧬💜 • Apr 19 '23

News Report 🌏 The illusion of democracy in Tennessee

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u/Positive-Pack-396 Apr 19 '23

Man Tennessee is not a free state at all

how can the people of Tennessee just Sit there and allow this to happen

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u/Lethkhar Apr 20 '23

IDK why the report framed this as a uniquely Tennessee problem, but these sorts of things take place in every state legislature I've worked in.

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u/Positive-Pack-396 Apr 20 '23

Well if you work with these people you should report these people and activities that happen

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u/Lethkhar Apr 20 '23

Report to whom? State legislators write their own rules and police themselves. That's why they can do this. And since all but a handful of state legislatures operate under de facto single-party rule there usually isn't even any realistic democratic recourse - the local party will just keep nominating them because they win elections. So you have to just wait until they retire or move on to run for Federal/statewide office.

IMO while ignoring decorum/the rules is a problem, the more immediate problem I had working with this lack of accountability was all the sex pests. They're EVERYWHERE in politics, like flies on a fillet. And why wouldn't they be? Pretty ideal work situation for sex pests.