FP has some good things to say, but the truth is the composition of the senate already/intrinsically tilts towards the farmers in a substantial way -- because each state has equal representation regardless of population. This ensures that the less-populated states are hugely over-represented in that body, which balances out the tyranny of the high-population centers.

The challenge is when you couple that with needing only 40 votes, you now have a case where senators representing ~12 percent of the population (obviously cherry picking states) can block legislation for the nation. That doesn't seem right to me.

Clearly BOTH parties have abused the filibuster, which to me kind of indicates this change is reasonable.