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10. Republican Extremism, MAGA Nihilism, and the rise of Ron DeSantis

Is This Democracy

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Do You Think Federalism Is a Counter-Motivation?

The attack on federal government is actually a functional tool of empowerment for conservative state governments that are distinctly different. Red states look distinctly different than blue states across a variety of metrics, including life expectancy, maternal mortality,. education, healthcare, suicide, addiction. And that is because their state governments behave like autocracies and not like democracies.

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