The Social Dynamics of Nostalgia

Part I: Nostalgia and American Fascism

Nostalgia is something I spend a probably abnormal amount of time contemplating. I do mean contemplating, rather than experiencing, even if I do experience some complicated nostalgia as well. One of the main reasons I think so much about the topic is that the engine of authoritarianism runs on weaponized group nostalgia. I understand those dynamics on a…