We’re all reactionaries now. We just differ in which parts of the past we nostalgically idealize and idolize.
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The question is probably whether we are nostalgic for a nonexistent past or for a nonexistent future.
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i was going to deny this, but i read it in the past and i'm reacting to it now, so real nice ...
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Been saying this forever. Gets all the good winces.
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It’s complicated when certain elements and ideas in the past appear to have been more forward-looking than the present. Also related: questioning whether or not time is necessarily a forward progression.
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