Front-page NYT story todayy on MAGA's "vision of a simpler past" (when straight white Christian men enjoyed unchallenged privilege and dominance) - how nostalgia powers reactionary, as opposed to merely conservative, politics: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/politics/trump-reversal-better-times.html
Here's my own take on the dark side of pining for the good old days: https://www.alfiekohn.org/blogs/aggressive-nostalgia/