I think the fact that these "good 'ole days" style arguments seem to be timeless suggest an underlying fallacy of some sort driving them [0]. Having said that,

I think the fact that these "good 'ole days" style arguments seem to be timeless suggest an underlying fallacy of some sort driving them [0]. Having said that, I don't think that invalidates all conservatism since the value of the casualties of progress is subjective. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_tradition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_tradition