Rumor has it that Rs want the 50s. My reaction - GO FOR IT. CEOs only made 30 times their employees' incomes, stock options didn't exist, pensions were a thing for employees, regulations were a good thing, Rs actually believed in governing, unions were strong, workers were paid living wages, corporations believed in the public good, taxes were really progressive up to 90+%, TV and movies didn't celebrate the bad/rich/powerful, and news channels didn't tell deliberate lies, etc. Were there problems? Hell, yes. At the same time, there was hope, optimism, a sense that most people believed in education, progress, the Constitution, etc. The Rs don't want the 1950s - they want the 1850s of the southern aristocrats who ruled and everyone who wasn't one of them was an indentured servant or a slave.