Yup, and the consequences of a one-party state are obvious: (1) elections no longer matter because only one party wins; (2) politicians are subject not to the approval of the voters, but the approval of the party; and (3) advancement within the party becomes the coin of the realm. They don't have to perform in office, they just have to accrue money and power for the party.
That party can, in fact, manage a society in which it does not take part. What has the state reeling at the moment is that the party elite are no longer entirely separated from those consequences - a Louis Vuitton store being looted is far more newsworthy than the Targets that have been for quite some time.
Still, it becomes extremely difficult to vote one's way out of this since the voting mechanisms have been so thoroughly corrupted. Precisely none of my California friends believes that Newsom actually won the recall election. He didn't have to.
Disgusting, isn't it.