03-21-2017, 01:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-21-2017, 02:24 PM by Eric the Green.)
(03-21-2017, 10:55 AM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: What does Leftist nostalgia look like?
Sometimes, it looks like 1917. Sometimes, it looks like 1848. Sometimes, it looks like 1789. Rarely does it ever look like 1215, or 1776 or even 1945. What does this say about certain core elements of the Leftist spirit?
Instead of clinging to The Awakening, a wise Leftist would seek common ground with Regeneracy-oriented Rightists...
Interesting idea; I wonder how you will play it. Somehow I don't quite understand how leftists could have nostalgia for 1917, 1848 or 1789 and forget the sixties, which is so much more familiar and relevant. Leftists today don't look back to 1917, don't even remember 1848, and don't give much credit to 1789. But the sixties are what we are not only nostalgic for, it's still the revolution ongoing.
I don't see much nostalgia for 1945, but some here I know want to get to the next first turning. 1945 was good, but mainly just as a defeat of what would have been regression to the Dark Ages. Civilization was restored, and FDR looked ahead to a bright future, but what followed was not so bright. Meanwhile, the documents of 1776 and 1787 continue to be invoked by people on all sides in the USA.
I don't see how "clinging to the Awakening" necessarily conflicts with "seek common ground with Regeneracy-oriented Rightists"
