General Discussion

12066 readers

2 users here now

Welcome to Lemmy.World General!

This is a community for general discussion where you can get your bearings in the fediverse. Discuss topics & ask questions that don't seem to fit in any other community, or don't have an active community yet.

🪆 About Lemmy World

🧭 Finding Communities

Feel free to ask here or over in: [email protected]!

Also keep an eye on:

For more involved tools to find communities to join: check out Lemmyverse!

💬 Additional Discussion Focused Communities:

[email protected] - Note this is for more serious discussions.
[email protected] - The opposite of the above, for more laidback chat!
[email protected] - Into video games? Here's a place to discuss them!
[email protected] - Watched a movie and wanna talk to others about it? Here's a place to do so!
[email protected] - Want to talk politics apart from political news? Here's a community for that!

Rules

Remember, Lemmy World rules also apply here.

0. See: Rules for Users.

No bigotry: including racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
Be respectful. Everyone should feel welcome here.
Be thoughtful and helpful: even with ‘silly’ questions. The world won’t be made better by dismissive comments to others on Lemmy.
Link posts should include some context/opinion in the body text when the title is unaltered, or be titled to encourage discussion.
Posts concerning other instances' activity/decisions are better suited to [email protected] or [email protected] communities.
No Ads/Spamming.
No NSFW content.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

641

Does this plan make sense? v3 (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

433 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

There’s no solution needed, since there isn’t a problem to begin with.

This is funny, it's like an self soothing mantra. I'll try to repeat this to myself as things get worse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

To be fair, Congress wouldn't be so inept if it weren't for the filibuster, which was never intended to be abused the way it is now. I'd be somewhat ok with the Senate if filibusters only required a simple majority to break again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Beyond what you've stated about the disproportionate nature of the Senate, what exact legislative problems are you attributing to the existence of the Senate, and its disproportionate nature? And why do you think a purely proportional body will solve said issues? I'm also curious what you believe the purpose of the Senate, or a bicameral legislature in general, is.

I'm not trying to be accusatory in my probing, I'm simply curious what your exact rationale is ☺️.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The senate exists to maintain an artificial balance and make sure that only the approved things are actually voted on. That is why popular things like marijuana legalization are never voted on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The senate exists to maintain an artificial balance

What do you mean by "artifical balance"?

and make sure that only the approved things are actually voted on

What do you mean, exactly? Bills are debated as they are presented [See 7.6 and 8.1 of the Senate Manual].

That is why popular things like marijuana legalization are never voted on.

I don't understand this point. If you want a senator to introduce a bill regarding the legalization of marijuana, then vote in a senator that will present such a bill.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don’t understand this point.

Yup, you don't.

then vote in a senator that will present such a bill.

🤡

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yup, you don’t.

Okay, well, would you mind providing clarification/context/sources for your claim?

🤡

? Do you disagree with that statement? If so, then why?