Hey, if you have a moment, read this article by Ezra Klein. It's about an intriguing definition of Conservatism and how Donald Trump tapped into it.
It comes from political theorist Corey Robin who says it's "the felt experience of having power, seeing it threatened, and trying to win it back." Yeah. Every self-described Conservative I know is always talking about how things were better "back then."
But I also note that most self-described Liberals I know are always talking about how television was better "back then" or movies were better "back then" or comic books or plays. All of this, of course, only applies to people who are old enough to have a real sense of "back then," whenever "then" is for them.