I think rd95's point is that nostalgia's a hell of a drug, and it's easy to get caught up in remembering a time that never really existed. Remember 8 years ago when the sky was falling, because Cheney still refused to let anyone see the list of the members of his energy taskforce? It's hilarious in its own way that we all feel kind of nostalgic for that quaint time. If Trump keeps his job for four years, I think the likeliest result will be a fracturing of the country. We lived through the Bush years; we can handle bad conservative policy. What we can't handle is deliberate assaults on our way of life. 85% of America's GDP comes from districts that voted Clinton. We all have the power to take Trump's tax cuts, say thank you very much, invest the money in our own communities, and continue to watch coal country meth itself to death. By then my last bit of compassion for them should be dried up enough that I won't even feel bad thinking that.