America's Worst of the Worst Create Darkness, Violence and Cruelty

America's Worst of the Worst win a battle and then create darkness, violence and cruelty.

It is clear now that the forces of darkness have won a battle; it is but a single skirmish in the ancient war between light and darkness, good and evil. This war began before us and it will continue after us. This particular battle is driven by the 'Worst of the Worst', MAGA members of the GOP. Collectively they embody a phalanx of corruption, cruelty, criminal actions and plain evil that is hard to imagine. Largely driven by psychotic levels of greed, the forces of darkness have compromised the Security of the United States of America.

We know that the tides of battle will turn again. For today, it is our duty and responsibility to resist, sabotage and hinder the Worst of the Worst in every way possible and by each and every one of us until we collectively vomit them out of power like listeria stomach flu.

We know that, as Americans, we can do anything we make up our minds to do. For the short run, we need an effective strategy for today in 2025; one effective strategy today is to document and publicize all the actions taken by this phalanx of cruelty. We know that once the scope and weight of the GOP's actions become overwhelming, the American public will rise and stop the damage. 

Today, our voice is their worst fear. It is hard, but we should not act with fear,  and we must act calmly and effectively to disable their cruelty.

In the long run, we can prepare a Shadow Government so that we have a plan of action and the people to execute the plan when the Worst of the Worst depart. A Shadow Government is one way to accomplish the goal and it is discussed below.

THE DEMOCRACY PROJECT - 4: WHAT DOES A SHADOW GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY DO ?

 WHAT DOES A SHADOW GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY DO ?

Simply put, the Shadow Government [SG] begins by keeping track of who works at any Agency, who has been fired from an Agency and what Agency programs and actions have been cut; further, it tracks former employees fired by the current administration, recording their experience and qualifications.

Eventually, the SG can develop analyses of how well or poorly any Agency is accomplishing its legislatively mandated responsibilities. 

Lastly, the SG can develop action plans to resurrect an Agency to its formerly mandated effectiveness. Since the SG is not-partisan, it focuses on the expenditures and programs approved by the former administration and passed by Congress as required. The SG strives to avoid partisanship where possible with the objective of restoring the Federal Government to its former self. 

 

THE DEMOCRACY PROJECT - 3: A SHADOW GOVERNMENT

SHADOW GOVERNMENT

Many Parliamentary Governments around the world have standing Shadow Cabinets or Governments. A shadow Cabinet normally consists of Opposition Party members who monitor the actions of the Government in power and are ready to serve the country when their Party takes power.

We can and should modify that idea into a Shadow American Government by making the American Shadow Government non-partisan and expanding it to cover all major Federal institutions. I expect that several prominent public officials currently out of office will volunteer to oversee the process of creating a Shadow Government. The new organization must be non-partisan and independent of any Candidate.

The reason is simple: If we do not have an organization or Party ready to assume power at any time, when Trump passes or resigns the United States will most likely devolve into either a Hollow Democracy where Billionaires control government actions regardless of elections, a Balkanization process where competing groups of States choose to create new countries, OR, simple chaos. 

It has a simple goal: It will act to reboot and restore our Constitutional Republic and prevent further deterioration of our system.

It is time now to begin public discussion about the need for such a Shadow Government and to begin actual preparations, very soon. The MAGA GOP is very fragile and can collapse at any time.

I stand ready to contribute to this effort. My academic specialty is comparative economic systems.

Mike P. McKeever

Professor, Economics

Founder, The Mike P. McKeever Institute of Economic Policy Analysis [www.miepa.net]

Founding Editor, The Oakland School of Economics Journal [econoak.org]

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