Quote Originally Posted by The Redneck
We are not a Democracy. We are a Republic. We are a nation instituted to give power to the majority while protecting the right of the minority. That goes back to the formation of the Senate and the House of Representatives, which give equal voice to all states in the Senate and greater voice to larger states in the House of Representatives. The Fillibuster is a tool to preserve that, and it seems the Republicans are trying pretty darn hard to get rid of it.
We are not, however, a nation instituted to let the minority make the decisions--or else we wouldn't bother with voting at all.
We do let the minority make decisions or else we wouldn't have the electoral college and everything would be done on the popular vote.