https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_ground_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_ground_fallacy It is never "inevitable" that the correct place for law

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_ground_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_ground_fallacy It is never "inevitable" that the correct place for law and regulation is somewhere in the middle on every issue. Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't, but it's never inevitable. Assuming that it is makes it far too easy to move the Overton window: regulation proposes something stricter than the status quo, "compromise" moves in that direction, repeat.