They called it a "forking" of the government, but it was super effective. No reason the Dems couldn't do that. Create the shadow government. Make it easy for anyone to see the alternatives that are possible. - ThreadSky

mmasnick.bsky.social • 27 days ago

They called it a "forking" of the government, but it was super effective.

No reason the Dems couldn't do that. Create the shadow government. Make it easy for anyone to see the alternatives that are possible.

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cyndicate.bsky.social•27 days ago

In Australia it's called the opposition, complete with shadow ministers.

garyniv.bsky.social•27 days ago

How was it effective? Sounds interesting.

mmasnick.bsky.social•27 days ago

It was incredibly effective, and basically many of those involved were later elected as part of the DPP winning in 2016.

portfoliocarmel.bsky.social•27 days ago

Ali Velshi @velshi.bsky.social did a fantastic segment elucidating and advocating for a shadow government a few weeks ago. Brilliant and Dems should deploy stat.

Omnipresent, spotlighting what’s going on, articulating alternatives, via compelling communicators like Buttigieg, et al

pqpolitics.bsky.social•27 days ago

Shadow Cabinet. Not shadow govt. Shadow Cabinet is what Canada and the UK have, Shadow Govt will trigger the tinfoilers.

kuspyl.bsky.social•27 days ago

What a great idea!!

cernymuz.bsky.social•27 days ago

Pretty hard work for a party of retirement age people

abenomicon.bsky.social•27 days ago

'parallel institutions' is a feature of many protest movements

silpol.bsky.social•27 days ago

shadow cabinet is norm of political life in UK and adjacent political systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_cabinet

dneto.dev•27 days ago

Yes. This. (Canadian here.)

no-cash-7970.bsky.social•27 days ago

As a web developer, I'm intrigued.

zeruch.bsky.social•27 days ago

I agree, but that would require resolve and leadership that doesn't seem to be there.

aftom.bsky.social•27 days ago

It sure does seem like laziness. There are so many options available to congressional dems, and somehow they choose to only talk about tomato prices?

recentfuture.bsky.social•27 days ago

I like this idea, and also would not rule out that the current administration would put them all in jail. They see conspiracy wherever they meet friction/criticism/accountability, and tend to flip scripts and engage in projection w/r/t their own wrongdoings. They would say this is a coup attempt.

charltonlack.bsky.social•27 days ago

thank goodness, an alternative vision where a student loan debt forgiveness program for Pell Grant recipients who start a business that operates for three years in disadvantaged communities was established

somedonuts.bsky.social•27 days ago

And the Dems, being Dems will get right on it… about six months from now.

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