@mcarlson-sb.bsky.social
I don't know the cognitive bias. But Institutional Theory calls it "memetic pressure"
April 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I don't know the cognitive bias. But Institutional Theory calls it "memetic pressure"
It turns out the call to action I referred to was written by Dr. Pru Lee, not @lizcheney.bsky.social
Regardless of the author, the content is still valid
Regardless of the author, the content is still valid
April 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It turns out the call to action I referred to was written by Dr. Pru Lee, not @lizcheney.bsky.social
Regardless of the author, the content is still valid
Regardless of the author, the content is still valid
"For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever."
April 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever."
"For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:"
April 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:"
"For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:"
April 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:"
"For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:"
April 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:"
"For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:"
April 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:"
"He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance."
April 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance."
"He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."
April 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."
Before that it says "... a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
And lays out those causes.
Which include...
And lays out those causes.
Which include...
April 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Before that it says "... a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
And lays out those causes.
Which include...
And lays out those causes.
Which include...
The above is to the best of my understanding written by @lizcheney.bsky.social - a person I havr rarely agreed with, but have come to hugely respect.
We don't agree on standard policy.
But we both agree that fascism is not welcome in the United States
We don't agree on standard policy.
But we both agree that fascism is not welcome in the United States
April 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The above is to the best of my understanding written by @lizcheney.bsky.social - a person I havr rarely agreed with, but have come to hugely respect.
We don't agree on standard policy.
But we both agree that fascism is not welcome in the United States
We don't agree on standard policy.
But we both agree that fascism is not welcome in the United States
We want to know you’ll stand up before we’re all ordered to sit down — permanently.
April 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
We want to know you’ll stand up before we’re all ordered to sit down — permanently.
Stop being scared to fight dirty when the other side is fighting to erase the damn Constitution.
They are threatening to disappear AMERICANS.
A M E R I C A N S.
And your biggest move can’t be another strongly worded email...
They are threatening to disappear AMERICANS.
A M E R I C A N S.
And your biggest move can’t be another strongly worded email...
April 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Stop being scared to fight dirty when the other side is fighting to erase the damn Constitution.
They are threatening to disappear AMERICANS.
A M E R I C A N S.
And your biggest move can’t be another strongly worded email...
They are threatening to disappear AMERICANS.
A M E R I C A N S.
And your biggest move can’t be another strongly worded email...
Cont.
You should be independently investigating every author of Project 2025,
every aide who defies court orders,
every communications director repeating lies,
every policy writer enabling cruelty,
every water boy who keeps this engine running.
You can’t stop a regime by asking the king to sit down.
You should be independently investigating every author of Project 2025,
every aide who defies court orders,
every communications director repeating lies,
every policy writer enabling cruelty,
every water boy who keeps this engine running.
You can’t stop a regime by asking the king to sit down.
April 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Cont.
You should be independently investigating every author of Project 2025,
every aide who defies court orders,
every communications director repeating lies,
every policy writer enabling cruelty,
every water boy who keeps this engine running.
You can’t stop a regime by asking the king to sit down.
You should be independently investigating every author of Project 2025,
every aide who defies court orders,
every communications director repeating lies,
every policy writer enabling cruelty,
every water boy who keeps this engine running.
You can’t stop a regime by asking the king to sit down.
7. Study the collapse—and the comeback.
You should be learning from South Korea and how they managed their brief rule under dictatorship.
They didn’t waste time chasing the one man with absolute immunity.
They went after the structure...until the “strongman” had no one left to stand on...
You should be learning from South Korea and how they managed their brief rule under dictatorship.
They didn’t waste time chasing the one man with absolute immunity.
They went after the structure...until the “strongman” had no one left to stand on...
April 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
7. Study the collapse—and the comeback.
You should be learning from South Korea and how they managed their brief rule under dictatorship.
They didn’t waste time chasing the one man with absolute immunity.
They went after the structure...until the “strongman” had no one left to stand on...
You should be learning from South Korea and how they managed their brief rule under dictatorship.
They didn’t waste time chasing the one man with absolute immunity.
They went after the structure...until the “strongman” had no one left to stand on...
6. Create a digital safe haven for whistleblowers and defectors.
Not everyone inside this regime is loyal.
Some are scared. Some want out.
Build the channels.
Encrypted. Anonymous. Protected.
Make it easy for the cracks in the system to become gaping holes...
Not everyone inside this regime is loyal.
Some are scared. Some want out.
Build the channels.
Encrypted. Anonymous. Protected.
Make it easy for the cracks in the system to become gaping holes...
April 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
6. Create a digital safe haven for whistleblowers and defectors.
Not everyone inside this regime is loyal.
Some are scared. Some want out.
Build the channels.
Encrypted. Anonymous. Protected.
Make it easy for the cracks in the system to become gaping holes...
Not everyone inside this regime is loyal.
Some are scared. Some want out.
Build the channels.
Encrypted. Anonymous. Protected.
Make it easy for the cracks in the system to become gaping holes...
5. Leverage international media and watchdogs.
Stop hoping U.S. cable news will wake up.
They’re too busy playing both sides of fascism.
Feed the real stories to BBC, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Reuters, Der Spiegel...
Make what’s happening in America a global scandal.
Stop hoping U.S. cable news will wake up.
They’re too busy playing both sides of fascism.
Feed the real stories to BBC, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Reuters, Der Spiegel...
Make what’s happening in America a global scandal.
April 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
5. Leverage international media and watchdogs.
Stop hoping U.S. cable news will wake up.
They’re too busy playing both sides of fascism.
Feed the real stories to BBC, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Reuters, Der Spiegel...
Make what’s happening in America a global scandal.
Stop hoping U.S. cable news will wake up.
They’re too busy playing both sides of fascism.
Feed the real stories to BBC, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Reuters, Der Spiegel...
Make what’s happening in America a global scandal.
4. Use your platform to educate the public on rights and resistance tactics.
If they’re going to strip us of rights and lie about it — arm the people with truth.
Text campaigns. Mass trainings. Downloadable “Know Your Rights” kits. Multilingual legal guides...
If they’re going to strip us of rights and lie about it — arm the people with truth.
Text campaigns. Mass trainings. Downloadable “Know Your Rights” kits. Multilingual legal guides...
April 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
4. Use your platform to educate the public on rights and resistance tactics.
If they’re going to strip us of rights and lie about it — arm the people with truth.
Text campaigns. Mass trainings. Downloadable “Know Your Rights” kits. Multilingual legal guides...
If they’re going to strip us of rights and lie about it — arm the people with truth.
Text campaigns. Mass trainings. Downloadable “Know Your Rights” kits. Multilingual legal guides...
Cont.
• The urgent commitment to immediately bring home those sold into slavery in El Salvador
You say you’re the party of the people?
Then show the people the plan.
• The urgent commitment to immediately bring home those sold into slavery in El Salvador
You say you’re the party of the people?
Then show the people the plan.
April 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Cont.
• The urgent commitment to immediately bring home those sold into slavery in El Salvador
You say you’re the party of the people?
Then show the people the plan.
• The urgent commitment to immediately bring home those sold into slavery in El Salvador
You say you’re the party of the people?
Then show the people the plan.
3. Cont.
You should be publicly laying out:
• The laws and amendments you’ll pass to ensure this never happens again
• The systems you’ll tear down and the safeguards you’ll enshrine
• The plan to hold perpetrators of human atrocities accountable
You should be publicly laying out:
• The laws and amendments you’ll pass to ensure this never happens again
• The systems you’ll tear down and the safeguards you’ll enshrine
• The plan to hold perpetrators of human atrocities accountable
April 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
3. Cont.
You should be publicly laying out:
• The laws and amendments you’ll pass to ensure this never happens again
• The systems you’ll tear down and the safeguards you’ll enshrine
• The plan to hold perpetrators of human atrocities accountable
You should be publicly laying out:
• The laws and amendments you’ll pass to ensure this never happens again
• The systems you’ll tear down and the safeguards you’ll enshrine
• The plan to hold perpetrators of human atrocities accountable
3. Cont.
You should already be working with strategists and military minds on PROJECT 2029 —
a coordinated, long-term plan to rebuild this country when the smoke clears...
You should already be working with strategists and military minds on PROJECT 2029 —
a coordinated, long-term plan to rebuild this country when the smoke clears...
April 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
3. Cont.
You should already be working with strategists and military minds on PROJECT 2029 —
a coordinated, long-term plan to rebuild this country when the smoke clears...
You should already be working with strategists and military minds on PROJECT 2029 —
a coordinated, long-term plan to rebuild this country when the smoke clears...
3. Fund state-level resistance infrastructure.
Don’t just send postcards. Send resources...Stop campaigning.
Act like this is the end of democracy, because it is.
We WILL REMEMBER the warriors come primaries...
Don’t just send postcards. Send resources...Stop campaigning.
Act like this is the end of democracy, because it is.
We WILL REMEMBER the warriors come primaries...
April 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
3. Fund state-level resistance infrastructure.
Don’t just send postcards. Send resources...Stop campaigning.
Act like this is the end of democracy, because it is.
We WILL REMEMBER the warriors come primaries...
Don’t just send postcards. Send resources...Stop campaigning.
Act like this is the end of democracy, because it is.
We WILL REMEMBER the warriors come primaries...
2. Join the International Criminal Court....Show the world who’s hiding bodies, bribes, and buried bank accounts.
Force the GOP to explain why they’d rather protect a war criminal than sign a treaty.
And while you’re at it, publicly invite ICC observers into U.S. borders...
Force the GOP to explain why they’d rather protect a war criminal than sign a treaty.
And while you’re at it, publicly invite ICC observers into U.S. borders...
April 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
2. Join the International Criminal Court....Show the world who’s hiding bodies, bribes, and buried bank accounts.
Force the GOP to explain why they’d rather protect a war criminal than sign a treaty.
And while you’re at it, publicly invite ICC observers into U.S. borders...
Force the GOP to explain why they’d rather protect a war criminal than sign a treaty.
And while you’re at it, publicly invite ICC observers into U.S. borders...