How to legalize any phenomenon, from euthanasia to cannibalism?
In today's society of tolerance, which has no fixed ideal and as a result, no clear division between good and evil, there is a technique to change the popular attitude toward concepts considered totally unacceptable.
This technique, called ' Overton Window ' and consists of a specific sequence of actions in order to achieve the desired result , " may be more effective than nuclear charge as a weapon to destroy human communities ," writes columnist Evgueni Gorzhaltsán .
In his article in the Adme portal don turn radical example of how acceptable the idea of legalizing cannibalism step by step, from the stage at which it is considered a disgusting and unthinkable action , completely oblivious to public morals , to become a reality accepted by the mass consciousness and the law. That is not achieved by direct brain washing , but more sophisticated techniques that are effective thanks to its coherent and consistent implementation without society realizes the process , create Gorzhaltsán .
First stage: the unthinkable to radical
Obviously , now the issue of legalization of cannibalism is in the lowest level of acceptance in the ' window of opportunity ' of Overton, since society sees it as an absurd and unthinkable taboo phenomenon.
To change that perception, can , invoking freedom of expression , refer the matter to the scientific field, as for scientists usually no taboo subjects. Therefore, it is possible to conclude, for example, an ethnological symposium on exotic rituals of the tribes of Polynesia and discuss the history of the topic and get authoritative statements about cannibalism, ensuring the transition from negative and intransigent attitude society to a more positive attitude.
Simultaneously , create a radical group of cannibals, but there is only on the Internet, you will surely be noticed and quoted by numerous media. As a result of the first stage Overton, taboo disappears and unacceptable discussed topic starts .
Second stage: radical than the acceptable
At this stage, you have to keep quoting scientists, arguing that one can not shield themselves to be knowledgeable about cannibalism, because if someone refuses to talk about it will be considered a bigoted hypocrite.
In condemning intolerance is also necessary to create a euphemism for the phenomenon itself to dissociate the essence of the question of his name, spread the word of its meaning. Thus, cannibalism becomes "cannibalism", and subsequently in "anthropophily".
Similarly, you can create a precedent of reference, historical, mythological , contemporary or simply invented, but more importantly it is legitimate, so it can be used as evidence that the anthropophily in principle can be legalized.
Third stage: what is acceptable to the reasonable
At that stage, it is important to promote ideas such as "the people 's desire to eat genetically justified", "sometimes a person has to resort to that , if compelling circumstances exist" or " a free man has the right to decide what you eat . "
The real opponents to these concepts , ie , the ordinary people who will not be indifferent to the problem, intentionally turn to public opinion radical enemies whose role is to represent the image of crazed psychopaths, aggressive opponents anthropophily callers burn alive cannibals, along with other representatives of minorities.
Experts and journalists at this stage show that during the history of mankind there have always been times when people ate each other, and that was normal .
Fourth stage : from the reasonable to the popular
The media, with the help of well known politicians and people, and speak openly about anthropophily. This phenomenon begins to appear in films, popular lyrics and videos. At this stage, it begins to operate the technique also involves the promotion of references to prominent historical figures who practiced anthropophily .
To justify to supporters of legalizing phenomenon can resort to the humanization of criminals by creating a positive image of them saying, for example , that they are victims, because life forced them to practice anthropophily .
Fifth stage : from the popular to the political
This category now accounts start preparing legislation to legalize phenomenon. Lobbyists are consolidated in power and allegedly published surveys confirm a high percentage of supporters of the legalization of cannibalism in society. In the public consciousness a new dogma states: " The prohibition of eating people is forbidden. "
This is a typical technique of liberalism that works due to tolerance as a pretext for the Prohibition of taboos . During the last stage of ' moving windows' of Overton popular than politics, society has already ruptured, because the rules of human existence have changed or have been destroyed with the adoption of new laws .
Gorzhaltsán concludes that the concept of ' windows of opportunities ' , first described by Joseph Overton, can be extrapolated to any phenomenon and is particularly easy to implement in a tolerant society in which the so-called freedom of expression has become dehumanizing and where before our eyes one after another removed all limits that protect society from the abyss of self-destruction.