The elite can move the Overton window from "unacceptable" to "current politics," writes Yossi Ben-Ghiat. In a democratic state, this monopoly is in the hands of the elected government, he says.
But when its grip is shaken, we are in the twilight world of semi-democracy, he adds. The mass protest is weakening and protest leaders like Moshe Sneh raise their voices when a weak argument is reached, Ben- Ghiat says.