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The Senate is seen as the place for reason to hold over the demands of the common people. In other words, the senate is more conservative (in the Burke not Reag
by noahc 15y ago
The Senate is seen as the place for reason to hold over the demands of the common people. In other words, the senate is more conservative (in the Burke not Reagan sense). What the filibuster does is makes America more conservative by requiring a super majority (60%). New laws by very nature are liberal (in the Burke, not Reagan sense again) and this is why conservatives tend to like it.
The major benefit of it is that it prevents (in it's present day form) small majorities from passing important legislation. You need at least 60% in the Senate.
- InclinedPlane 15y ago"New laws by very nature are liberal." I sense that this was said without the slightest hint of irony.
- sp332 15y agoGP meant conservative in the "don't rock the boat" sense, which is very confusing and misleading in the context of politics where the word "conservative" generally means something else.
- noahc 15y agoIs there a better way of explaining it? I thought Burke and Reagan were good examples.
- sp332 15y agoYou might say "progressive" or "reform" politics instead of "liberal".
- InclinedPlane 15y agoSure, I get that. The irony I see is that in the same breath he ties "new laws" to an increase in liberalism. Which is either a gross misestimation of the nature of most new laws or a gross perversion of the very idea of a "liberal" society. More so if we take the more classic meaning of the term (in the Locke, not Clinton sense).