Every organization that has lasted that long MUST have some way for the folks who have less power to still get something resembling satisfaction. Military organizations have ways for lower ranks to get the attention of higher ranks without having to pass through their immediate superiors. Businesses much the same. I think that the Senate’s filibuster is something that works that way. What I would prefer instead of a complete cancellation is a reversion to the old rules in which you had to actually stand up and speak. And speak. And speak. Until you were shut up by cloture, or you could no longer stand. Look up the use of “special undergarments” in that regard, for instance.
Every organization that has lasted that long MUST have some way for the folks who have less power to still get something resembling satisfaction. Military organizations have ways for lower ranks to get the attention of higher ranks without having to pass through their immediate superiors. Businesses much the same. I think that the Senate’s filibuster is something that works that way. What I would prefer instead of a complete cancellation is a reversion to the old rules in which you had to actually stand up and speak. And speak. And speak. Until you were shut up by cloture, or you could no longer stand. Look up the use of “special undergarments” in that regard, for instance.