The Nostalgia of Times That Were Never Quite as Perfect as We Remember
It never takes very long to hear it. It appears around a family dinner table, among friends, in workplace conversations, or in the passing remarks of someone observing today’s younger generation with a kind of inherited resignation. “They don’t work like we used to.” “There was more respect back then.” “Our generation knew how to endure.” “Something has been lost.” The language changes, but…















