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Breaking down the illusion of a 2 party system (lemmy.world)

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know that Republicans have ever had a 60 vote majority in the Senate. You need 60 votes to make fundamental changes to the system that the opposition will not support. Things like constitutional amendments.

[–] isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If you don't even know the vote threshold required for a constitutional amendment, maybe don't speculate on paths to political change...

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I know you need 2/3. 60 votes isn't the cap. It still allows wide systemic change, but 2/3 makes it more durable.

[–] isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Sure. But we need to come back to the original question. Why do Democrats need 60 votes to fix something that Republicans didn't need 60 votes to destroy?

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world -1 points 2 hours ago

Because it's always easier to destroy than to build. It takes months to build a house, but one can be torn down in a day. That's just life.