And That's Supposed To Be A Good Thing?

Quoth Joe Lieberman, regarding the recent filibuster compromise:

“With 51 votes, the majority party might just herd their people together to get whatever they want. But there is another dynamic. It empowers small groups of people to affect the outcome.”

...and that's supposed to be a good thing? You know what we call it when a small, essentially arbitrarily-chosen group of people gets to affect the outcome of public policy? Oligarchy. Literally, the rule of the few. You know what we call it when the majority gets to do the lawmaking? Democracy.

Joe Lieberman: oligarch. But I guess we knew that already, as long as Joe Lieberman is one of the few who get to do the ruling.