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

"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:"

"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:"

"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."

"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...

Everybody knows this part
"We hold these truths to be self-evident..."

But how aware are you of the rest?

tyr·an·ny
/ˈtirənē/
noun

cruel and oppressive government or rule.

a nation under cruel and oppressive government.
cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control.

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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

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...

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...

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...

1. Form an independent, civilian-powered investigative coalition.
I’m talking experts. Veterans. Whistleblowers. Journalists. Watchdog orgs.
Deputize the resistance. Build a real-time archive of corruption, overreach, and executive abuse.
Make it public...drag the rot into the light...

Excerpts to follow

@kenmartin.bsky.social @davidhogg.bsky.social
If the DNC wants my time, my money, and my effort it's going to have to provide a plan and actions.
Not sternly worded letters and emails/texts for donations.

See @lizcheney.bsky.social for a concrete steps that all of us are hoping for/expecting of you

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all

There is a business fetish with efficiency - often chasing it as if efficiency alone was a magical power.
This ignores that efficiency is a 2nd order solution.
Effectiveness is the 1st.

If you break effectiveness by chasing efficiency you've lost what's most important

How exactly is writing/understanding and and expanding requirements and test cases, or understand and improving User Experience not "Developing Applications"???

Those aren't just "supportive tasks"

Those as part of the job of understanding the context and making sure you are delivering value