Yeah, insofar as nostalgia and those prone to a rose-tinted view of the past can lead to reactionary tendencies. See this post: https://hexbear.net/post/247679
:think-mark: if you weren't nostalgic and didn't read leftist theory you still wouldn't be leftist lol.
but you're mistaken to think nostalgia is blanket reactionary. some things were better in the past. my auntie waxing nostalgic about public transit infrastructure we don't have anymore isn't reactionary.
Yeah, insofar as nostalgia and those prone to a rose-tinted view of the past can lead to reactionary tendencies. See this post: https://hexbear.net/post/247679
:think-mark: if you weren't nostalgic and didn't read leftist theory you still wouldn't be leftist lol.
but you're mistaken to think nostalgia is blanket reactionary. some things were better in the past. my auntie waxing nostalgic about public transit infrastructure we don't have anymore isn't reactionary.
Yeah I mean we all pine for the glory days of the USSR, but that's not the stuff I'm talking about.