• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Everyone should know about the Overton Window

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

    The Overton window is the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream population at a given time. It is also known as the window of discourse.

    … basically the idea that political ideas and discourse can be subtly moved from one position to another over time … the danger being that people can be influenced or convinced to move to ever more extreme ideas and policies.