I hadn't thought about it before, but I think the nostalgia angle can explain a bunch of the US attitudes. It seems like a lot of people across the spectrum th

I hadn't thought about it before, but I think the nostalgia angle can explain a bunch of the US attitudes. It seems like a lot of people across the spectrum think the 1950s were a better time: The bigots because of race issues, the incels because of sexual expectations, the young generations envying (and resenting) how the boomers "had it easy", and the hippies thinking new technology is ending the world. I think they're all wrong, but there's no fixing it. Assuming there are no civil or world wars in the near future that radically change the trajectory, China will rise and the US will end up lower on the ladder. > nostalgia for when Britain was indeed Great I'm sure you didn't intend it, but that capital G sure sounds a lot like the slogan for a US political party.