I think this is exactly it. When it first came out it was trendy to quote the book about why certain things were the way they were. Then, people got tired of it

I think this is exactly it. When it first came out it was trendy to quote the book about why certain things were the way they were. Then, people got tired of it and now it's trendy to say "well actually...", To the point on the history subreddit, if you even mention the title, a moderator bot posts a form response saying "well actually..." Without even knowing the content of the post. I hope we can soon reach a stage where we can accept the book for its good parts, understand it's shortcomings, and have more realistic viewpoints of academic/mass-appeal works and rely less on trends to tell us how we should feel.