You are describing the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window - and in the US it is very narrow and entirely

You are describing the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window - and in the US it is very narrow and entirely shifted into the authoritarian right side.