It’s not rational at all. It’s nostalgia. I wonder how deeply connected all this politics of nostalgia is to the fact that birth rates have been declining for

It’s not rational at all. It’s nostalgia. I wonder how deeply connected all this politics of nostalgia is to the fact that birth rates have been declining for decades and populations are older. Given the older population and the country’s history as a bygone empire I bet nostalgia is thicker in England than the US, but US side there sure is a lot of it. A lot of MAGA is about making the country the way it was when boomers were kids (50s, 60s) to prime age adults (80s to early 90s). There’s even a hint of genX nostalgia too. A while back I was hearing some IDW type railing about how “woke” killed comedy and it hit me that there’s a strong undercurrent of nostalgia for the 90s when comedy and pop culture were all about being an edgelord. The fact that edgelording is "out" is blamed on "woke" and they lament that "comedy is dead" etc. I'm not sure how much "woke" has to do with it. I think... well... edgelording is just out. Change reminds people of their mortality and it always generates a backlash. You’re not young anymore.