OVERTON WINDOW: 3 STEPS TO NOWHERE

Have you ever heard about Overton Window?
I saw these words many times during my investigation of Familyprotection news and laws touching CPS and its outrage. To tell you the truth, I didn't know exactly what these words meant, I unhderstood the whole conception, not more. Now I've decided to see the roots of them. And they shocked me...

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Joseph Overton described how ideas that were completely alien to society were raised from the cesspool of public contempt, washed away and finally legislated.

According to the Overton Window of Opportunity, for every idea or problem in society, there is a so-called "window of opportunity". Within this window, the idea may or may not be widely discussed, openly supported, promoted, or attempted to be legislated. The window is moved, thereby changing the fan of possibilities, from the “unthinkable” stage, that is, completely alien to public morality, completely rejected to the “actual politics” stage, that is, already widely discussed, accepted by the mass consciousness and enshrined in laws.

This is not brainwashing, but more subtle technologies. What makes them effective is their consistent, systematic application and invisibility to society.

For example, cannibalism, that is, the idea of legalizing the right of citizens to eat each other. A tough enough example?

But it is obvious to everyone that right now there is no way to launch the propaganda of cannibalism - the society will rear up. This situation means that the problem of legalization of cannibalism is at the zero stage of the window of opportunity. This stage, according to Overton's theory, is called "Unthinkable". Let's now simulate how this unthinkable will be implemented, having gone through all the stages of the window of opportunity.

The topic of cannibalism is still disgusting and completely unacceptable in society. It is undesirable to discuss this topic either in the press, or, even more so, in a decent company. So far, this is an unthinkable, absurd, forbidden phenomenon. Accordingly, the first movement of the Overton Window is to move the theme of cannibalism from the realm of the unthinkable to the realm of the radical.

We do have freedom of speech.

Well, why not talk about cannibalism?

Scientists are generally supposed to talk about everything in a row - there are no forbidden topics for scientists, they are supposed to study everything. And since such a thing, let's convene an ethnological symposium on the topic "Exotic rites of the tribes of Polynesia." We will discuss the history of the subject on it, introduce it into scientific circulation and get the fact of an authoritative statement about cannibalism.

You see, it turns out that it is possible to talk about cannibalism in a substantive way and, as it were, remain within the limits of scientific respectability.

The Overton window has already moved. That is, a revision of positions has already been indicated. This ensures the transition from an irreconcilably negative attitude of society to a more positive attitude.

Simultaneously with the pseudo-scientific discussion, some kind of "Society of Radical Cannibals" must certainly appear. And even if it is presented only on the Internet, radical cannibals will certainly be noticed and quoted in all the necessary media.

The result of the first movement of the Overton Window: an unacceptable topic was put into circulation, the taboo was desacralized, the unambiguity of the problem was destroyed - “grayscale” was created.

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WHY NOT?

In the next step, Window moves further and moves the topic of cannibalism from the radical realm to the realm of the possible.

At this stage, we continue to quote "scientists". After all, it is impossible to turn away from knowledge? About cannibalism. Anyone who refuses to discuss this should be branded as a hypocrite.

Condemning hypocrisy, it is imperative to come up with an elegant name for cannibalism.
Attention! Creating a euphemism is a very important point. To legalize an unthinkable idea, it is necessary to replace its true name.

No more cannibalism.

Now it is called, for example, anthropophagy. But this term will soon be replaced again, recognizing this definition as offensive.

The purpose of inventing new names is to divert the essence of the problem from its designation, to tear the form of the word from its content, to deprive their ideological opponents of the language.

In parallel with the game of names, a supporting precedent is being created - historical, mythological, actual or simply invented, but most importantly - legitimized. It will be found or invented as "proof" that anthropophilia can be legalized in principle.

for example - “Remember the legend of a selfless mother who gave her blood to drink for children dying of thirst?”
The main task of the bacchanalia of this stage is to at least partially remove the eating of people from criminal prosecution. At least once, at least at some historical moment.

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Once a legitimating precedent is provided, it becomes possible to move the Overton Window from the territory of the possible to the realm of the rational.

This is the third stage. It completes the fragmentation of a single problem.

“The desire to eat people is genetically inherent, it is in human nature”
“Sometimes it is necessary to eat a person, there are insurmountable circumstances”
"There are people who want to be eaten"

"Scientists" and journalists at this stage prove that humanity throughout its history has eaten each other from time to time, and this is normal. Now the topic of anthropophilia can be transferred from the realm of the rational into the category of the popular. The Overton window moves on.

To popularize the topic of cannibalism, it is necessary to support it with pop content, matching it with historical and mythological figures, and, if possible, with modern media personalities.

Anthropophilia is permeating the news and talk shows en masse. People are eaten in wide release movies, in lyrics and video clips.

The fifth stage of the Overton Window movement is reached when the topic is warmed up to the point of being able to transfer it from the category of popular to the sphere of current politics.

Preparation of the legislative base begins. Lobby groups in power are consolidating and coming out of the shadows. Sociological surveys are published, allegedly confirming the high percentage of supporters of the legalization of cannibalism

During the last stage of the Window's movement from the category of "popular" to "actual politics", society is already broken. The most vital part of it will still somehow resist the legislative consolidation of things that were not so long ago still unthinkable. But in general, society is already broken. It has already accepted its defeat.

Laws have been passed, the norms of human existence have been changed (destroyed), then echoes of this topic will inevitably reach schools and kindergartens, which means that the next generation will grow up without any chance of survival at all.

Have you already noticed how Overton Window is WIDELY used in our modern life?
I see many examples of it, and situatuion with CPS outrage is one of it.
Now I do understand why these words are used in CPS articles.
Their outrage is a real and bright example of Overton technology.