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TIL 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 wi
by foundart 5y ago
TIL 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." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window
A very useful concept.
- aigo 5y agoThe window, and the ways political agents try to move it in one direction or another, explains a lot of modern discourse It intersects with Chomsky's ideas about manufacturing consent quite nicely too