If the rule change itself got filibustered--quite likely, if you think about it--the "nuclear option" could be invoked.
Fact is, the Senate likes it just fine the way it is. Both sides.
Each has been on the short end before, and will be again. It's not hard to find examples online of Senators and the supporters of their parties flipping positions on this routinely, depending on whether they're in the minority or not.
Anti-filibuster rhetoric is a useful political talking point for politicians to impress the voters on how this is the only reason their party's brilliant ideas aren't the law of the land. "Don't blame me! Without this unreasonable political opposition, we would all be in utopia now."
You want to do something useful about the Senate, repeal the 17th Amendment.
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The filibuster is a simple Senate rule, that could be changed by majority of the Senate.
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