There's no such thing as the good old days. If one simply reflects on the past they will find a whole host of postives and negatives which cancel each other out. Fir example, I would hate to live in a time where diphtheria or a pneumonia would have potentially killed me.
Rose-coloured glasses are a powerful weapon which simple minded conservatives love to utilize. They imagine keeping things static or better yet returning to some era where they could feel more comfortable and not be perturbed by over-thinking or needing to accept people they learned to despise.
No, there is no such thing as the good old days but instead the extremely high predictability of human behaviour in every era.
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