look at these hits for this phrase:
https://www.google.com/search?q=what+america+should+be+in+the+future.&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b
americans see nothing but decline and desperation in the future.
so, no wonder they're obsessed with the past - across the spectrum.
this is the first hit:
Looking to the Future, Public Sees an America in Decline on Many Fronts
Majorities predict a weaker economy, a growing income divide, a degraded environment and a broken political system
https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2019/03/21/public-sees-an-america-in-decline-on-many-fronts/
and, they say punk rock is dead?
no
future
for
you.