Social conservatism always results in a hollowed out, soulless culture in which the fun, unique, and superfluous aspects of existence are steamrolled in favor of bland conformism? And it always applies to everything?
Lib ass take, this is just capitalism. Even capitalism in its most "progressive" version does this and it does nothing but this.
Even if you're a reactionary fuckhead, it's much easier to believe we can go back to 2009 than 1949 (or whatever other year). And considering capitalisms has not stopped for a single second in it's quest to vaporize everything that is, I'd mich prefer to live in 2009 too compared to today.