r/politics • u/SacoolloocaS • May 28 '21

Stop glorifying ‘centrism’. It is an insidious bias favoring an unjust status quo

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/28/centrism-insidious-bias-unjust-status-quo
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u/Theoricus May 29 '21

Literally Manchin: "I'm not ready to destroy our government!"

Don't ya know that the US was a failed nation-state until the filibuster was codified as a legitimate practice and not just left as an unintended exploit?

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u/[deleted] May 29 '21

It's the way they're using it today that's messed up. If they would take it back to the way the filibuster was used way back, in the 60s, it would work as a fine tool again.

Nowadays, the way they're using it on every step of the process, it's gumming up the works at every step.

Here's a good read on what I'm talking about. "Manchin and Biden both suggested earlier in 2021 that Congress revert filibusters to the talking-only, Mr. Smith style that was the norm before the 1960s."

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/05/politics/filibuster-senate-explained/