BunnySlippersThe Taliban also advocate living as though it was the 1600's too.
Firstly, "take things back" does not mean to 1600s; 1940s will do. And, secondly, the assumption that newer is better is erroneous. Here, in the States, we hold an exclusive monopoly to stupidity such as "Come on, it's nineties now" (it replaces a previous stupidity that refers to the eighties, and so on) --- as if everything has be started anew every decade, and all changes have to take exactly ten years.