>throughout history, politicians style themselves as either "reformers" or as defenders of tradition who want to return to "good old days."
Why is this?
Just because an idea is new doesn't mean it is better.
>>3277041
Because voters want shit fixed. You can fix shit by going back to when the shit wasn't broke, or by going forward to a time when the shit presumably will no longer be broke.
People who go up on platforms saying "all the shit that's broke should stay exactly as broke as it is" don't get many votes.
>>3277041
Because those are appeals to emotion which work, instead of sound reasoning and logic, which few people have the attention span to understand.