The Overton window can't just be applied to public political discourse. The concept applies to political corruption acceptability too.

Nixon was run out of office for 13 minutes of illegal recording. During Obama we found out they were illegally tapping every domestic phone conversation during multiple presidencies including both parties. There was barely a peep among the general public and nothing changed when we found out. No prison, no trials, the only person I remember losing their job was Snowden for telling us.

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You have good takes sometimes

Program started under Bush Jr and still running under Trump. Don't get excited thinking I joined your team because I called out Obama. I hate them all.

Trump is an incredible person and it's impossible to eradicate the deep state is a few months.

He is doing more than all presidents combined to help the little guy since Andrew Jackson.

You should love him as an American.

You are in a cult and have ceased all critical thought.

Lol

That's a big part of my dislike for democracy. Its all an illusion. It was the media that crucified Nixon, not the public. Who was pulling the media's strings? People think they have some kind of democratic power - no they fucking don't! Its all just media. Real power is as centralized as some communist country.