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Your brain is lying to you about the “good old days”
The science behind why we think the past was better than the present.
As Matthew Yglesias writes, the argument implicit in nostalgia politics memes is that “material living standards of the typical American family have gotten worse since the post-WWII era. While the world has experienced a democratic backsliding in recent years, don’t forget that in 1950 three-quarters of the global population lived in what political scientists call “closed autocracies,” including much of Europe. Here at Vox, we're unwavering in our commitment to covering the issues that matter most to you — threats to democracy, immigration, reproductive rights, the environment, and the rising polarization across this country.
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