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The Overton window: who moves it, and how

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No. 7The Overton window: who moves it, and how
No. 6Nobody cuts the loaf. They cut the list.
No. 5The whip is a fox-hunting job
No. 4Both parties were named by their enemies
No. 3Two parties isn't tradition. It's arithmetic.
No. 2Chesterton's fence: the quote always stops one line too early
No. 1"Lord" means the man who guards the bread

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