a simple dog meme that includes the letter “m” in most of his words. he only says one word at a time. cheems can be feisty at times but is generally a good friend to the characters in his memes. he slightly resembles Doge.
Cheems mindset is the reflexive belief that barriers to policy outcomes are natural laws that we should not waste our time considering how to overcome. The term can also be applied to the same "can't do" attitude in non-policy contexts, including business and science.
The term was coined by Jeremy Driver for his newsletter, Normielisation.
He displayed cheems mindset when he said there wouldn't be vaccines for another five years.