i just read it and don’t think it applies here. the effect seems to apply to situations where the movement in one direction perpetuates itself, due to cyclic nature or outside influences.
if the democratic party wanted to, they could totally pull the overton window to the left. it’s not like there’s a perpetual demanded for the democratic party to move to the right; they just want to do it.
China is #132. Iran #65. Russia is #33 with an even 300. So the US is nearly doubling fucking Russia’s incarceration rates. although idk how that would change if you’d include the number of people falling out of windows.