Joel Blau wrote:
> So, short of a
> > revolution, the U.S. is stuck with this undemocratic body forever.
It is as easy to underestimate as to overestimate what can be done
"short of a revolution." In practice the Senate has never stood in the
way of any cause that generated enough popular struggle actually
to frighten the ruling class. Popular struggle could (hypothetically)
create situations in which the need for ruling class flexibility generated
the necessary pressures inside the "system" to convince 100 Senators
to decommission themselves. One could compare it to the status of
the Monarchy in the U.K.
But it is certainly an effective block to movements that stop short
of creating real fright in a sizeable proportion of the ruling class.
Carrol
