"If you dont think it has to be big then you are in favor of small. "

That is akin to me asking you when you stopped beating your wife.

It does not have to be one or the other. It is what it is.

If you really read my posts, you would understand that I have ALWAYS been promoting folk music and I hope more people discover it, but you cannot force any movement upon the masses without their involvement or interest.   People discover what they like. If you force any artform down people's throats, you end up with the commercial mess we had during the folk revival.   The best will survive and be noticed, as is happening today. We celebrate the diversity of folk music and all the inroads it has made in contemporary pop culture. 50 or 60 years ago, you would not have seen guitars and banjos as prevelant in mainstream culture as you do now. Embrace folk music for all the joy it holds, but don't try to market it like a package of potato chips.