New Coke was a debacle no doubt but this passage is the same old lazy shorthand for the 80s.
We could use some aggression, ruthlessness and cockiness right now instead of the death-by-bureaucracy-and-taxes we are getting along with the embarrassing daily antics of the Scarecrow In Chief.
Yeah, I’m not too impressed by the let’s-make-fun-of-the-’80s statements, especially when their commentary on what the public was like vs. earlier turn out to be false. As if everyone wanted to reject “old” Coke - yet they wanted it as is.