The aesthetic, which celebrates homesteading, milkmaids and ‘the feminine urge to take care of your husband’, hinges on a history today’s Republicans would fiercely oppose
Hold on, as a child of the 80s, things went to shit before 2005. Not saying things continually improve, but the bubble burst that happened while in college really messed with things.
Reminder they are Republicans. These years also roughly coincide with Republican presidents, the exception being 1965 since that was Johnson. But Johnson is also looked back pretty fondly nowadays so yeah.
Hold on, as a child of the 80s, things went to shit before 2005. Not saying things continually improve, but the bubble burst that happened while in college really messed with things.
Reminder they are Republicans. These years also roughly coincide with Republican presidents, the exception being 1965 since that was Johnson. But Johnson is also looked back pretty fondly nowadays so yeah.