Depends how broad your definition of algorithm is. Is sort by upvotes an algorithm? I say no but sort by hot is.

So it is possible by this definition to have a feed without any algorithm.

It’s not the word, it’s the reductionism.

We used to call all those media except people naturally didn’t want to lump them all together.

Yes but imo patch is now update

Having no worries and being chilled.

I sometimes experience this for a couple days in a good year.

The answer is money:

They want the economic power and freedom the middle class had in the post WWII era combined with the shameless selfishness of reganomics.

The reason why they can’t put those into a clear statement is because it’s a feeling, they don’t know why things were better in the past, so they express by rejecting the present and progress.

Remember, Hitler didn’t rally by talking about how great fascism is, he rallied by talking on an emotional level about greatness of the past. He spoke to people who were burned by rapid inflation but didn’t really talk about monetary policy, he sold them a vision of prosperity by “removing bad actors” (see DEI drama).

They want to go back to the good old days because from their perspective, it would benefit them. They would be right if they were rich.

Before Nazis, things like racism and oppressing the poor were all normal. In fact, only considering your own tribe’s interests is how humanity lived most its life.

With modern science and education we invented a post tribalistic society, we made tons of strides and started identifying through values and ideals (like the American dream). It’s truly next level from what came before.

Some people just dont like this level and want to go back, they think the grass is greener and it may be for some, but not for almost all of us (working class).