The Incredible Shrinking Overton Window

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[–]magnora7 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Interesting article, especially the way it's written. When put that way, it becomes clear that even the overton window feeds in to the "divide and conquer" tactic.

[–]RuckFeddit 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Artistotle said a despotic leader prefers a fractured society.

I always wondered about the divide and conquer thing, especially around the trans bathroom and trans rights debates. I didn't know there was an actual name for this strategy. Thanks

[–]i_cansmellthat[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I didn't know the term either, glad to know it now.

It's funny, I was talking with a friend who was defending voting for the lesser of two evils just last week, and I find it hard to justify that thinking instead of screaming for better. This article really stood out after that conversation.