Opinion: Think life just keeps getting worse? Try being nostalgic — for the present
Los Angeles Times -

Nostalgia seems harmless enough, and then someone starts earnestly — absurdly — glamorizing the Stone Age. “Damn can you imagine being a human during the paleolithic age,” tweeted a self-described “eco-socialist” podcaster in September 2021. “Just eating salmon and berries and storytelling around campfires and stargazing no jobs no traffic no ads no poverty no capitalism-caused traumas just pure vibes.” By the time that bit of fantasy circulated on social media, romanticizing the far-off past...

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