How Trump makes extreme things seem normal
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 28, 2017
Republicans just passed the most sweeping tax bill in decades. Ten years ago, this would have seemed extreme. But now it seems normal. Just like the way that some of the things that politicians say nowadays would have ruined their careers just two years ago, but now they’re old news. You’re not alone in thinking that things are getting more extreme––it turns out, they are, and there’s a name for that phenomenon. It’s called the Overton Window, and it basically describes the window of things that the public will accept as normal. That window can be changed by pushing the boundaries of acceptability one way or another.
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