Haynes on the claim of the right that the woes of society today are due to "decivilisation" (this is Brooks' thesis, too):
"Conservatives are generally uncomfortable attributing structural causes to problems, especially when so many crises are tied to the economic model they have spent decades championing. This is where the great replacement comes in."
Nostalgia posits a mythic age when all was right — and white and male-controlled.