Reposted by Leonard Skeonard
I wanted to figure out why nostalgia gets such a bad wrap on the left, months later (💀) this is where I landed:
“Unmet needs sit in our longings; there is space for nostalgia in the utopian imaginary.”
Substack: hetconned.substack.com/p/nostalgia
Blog: hetconned.com/2026/09/09/n...
hetconned.substack.com
Nostalgia
On why we don’t quite trust it.
![Interivew with Carl Reiner and mel brooks about their friendship:
REINER Yeah, we got that big screen [gestures to incredibly large flat-screen monitor] to look at television.
Q. So you come here, Mel, and you watch TV together?
BROOKS Almost every night. He’s got a wonderful housekeeper-cook and we decide on a menu and a movie.
Q. What did you watch most recently?
BROOKS We watched last night “The Peacemaker.” With Nicole Kidman and, come on. [He gestures to Mr. Reiner.]
REINER George Clooney.
BROOKS Right. It was two and a half stars at the most. Good performances, very silly, you know.
REINER We look for movies with the line “Secure the perimeter.”
BROOKS Yeah, we like movies that say, “Secure the perimeter” and/or “You better get some rest.”
REINER “Lock all doors!”
BROOKS “I want a five-block seal!”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r335dcuzq7ta2fmsb2gk4dgn/bafkreiedzfvzpn6vjfmdnh53qypvfbz5jamzupo5rrysifikxyie5y77qy)
