The country’s going to hell, etc.
The future is more likely to be like the past than it is like a linear extension of the present. That’s from Joe Norman. I think it’s right.
Imagine extrapolating from a single point. (Present conditions). Now imagine extrapolating from a series of points. (Observed past conditions). Which line is likelier to be predictive?
This may be why RETVRN and trad culture is seductive: because it has an element of truth. It has an element of larping, too. But after you boil away the “larp” sneer remember that the old stuff worked and has a good track record. Exhibit A: Meditations. Exhibit B: Christianity.