i find the in-universe explanation for conservatism to be completely unsatisfying
@rmondello Nostalgia is a toxic impulse, and what is conservatism if not nostalgia as a political ideaology?
@jamie_blumberg @rmondello the most interesting thing about nostalgia is even when it’s well-intentioned (vs, well, *that*) it gets important details wrong, or relies on only one or a few interpretations of whatever the nostalgic thing is