Nostalgia for the unborn

[Unknown User]

Paul DiFilippo wrote:
> 
> Ben Greenburg's extrapolation of a nostalgia for things/events
> that have not yet come to pass actually already exists, in one
> certain form.  It's the "Yesterday's Tomorrows" sensation:
> all of us raised on SF (circa 1940-1965) longing for our personal
> rocket belts and food pills.
> 

can you relate that thought to kitch as a nostalgia for something we
never had/wanted?
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