🧩 BND Motif Index · M620
They don't make 'em like they used to
People and things of the past, whether leaders, craftsmen, products, or character itself, are remembered as better made than their modern counterparts, which are measured against them and found wanting.
- 1claim filed under it
⚠️ A story people tell, not a claim that it's true.
A motif is the shape of a story as its tellers tell it, named the way a folklorist names a tale type, so the same story told about other people, by the other side or in another year lands in the same place. Some of the claims below are true, many are false. Arguing against a story is often a story of its own, its answer (Voter fraud is answered by Voter suppression, Lawfare by No one is above the law), and we file it there; where no answer has a motif yet, the arguments against a story sit with its tellings.
🪜 Its family
what it rests on, what rests on it, and the motifs that answer it
🪜 rests on 🧩 The old way was better
⤵️ under it: 🧩 Miss me yet?
🔗 goes with: 🧩 The sequel is never as good 🧩 War hero
🧶 Its claims
what's been told in this shape, newest first, in our words, with where each was heard
- 2026-07-18 “George H.W. Bush had a glittering resume of public service including being a shot-down Navy pilot rescued by a submarine.” 🗳️ voters in The Focus Group
M620 · first seen 2026-10-07 · last 2026-10-09 · what this is · how the index works