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The Overton Window has shifted.
by idle_zealot 2y ago
The Overton Window has shifted.
- throw0101c 2y agoPSA: The Overton window is the range of subjects and arguments politically acceptable to the mainstream population at a given time.[1] It is also known as the window of discourse. […] The political commentator Joshua Treviño has postulated that the six degrees of acceptance of public ideas are roughly:[7] unthinkable radical acceptable sensible popular policy * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window
- Mountain_Skies 2y agoThe Clipper Chip died a quick death back when the Clinton administration wanted it, as the push back against it was pretty strong. Now? Seems like a matter of time before every form of electronic communication has a dozen different back, side, and front doors into it.
- extraduder_ire 2y agoI don't think that was mandated to be used for every device though. It was also shown to perform key escrow in secret and had its security defeated before it launched.
- int_19h 2y agoHas it? UK has a long-standing reputation as one of the most persistent surveillance nanny states in the West.