No, it's the other way round - I expect people to have an innate connection to their historical antecedents, what you might call "race memory" (an awkward phrase, today). I expect the English to be fonder of Waterloo than the French, and the Italians to love the Tiber and the legends of Romulus and Remus. I expect the Irish to feel the history of Ireland as one of the major European centres of culture (and free from snakes). People may alter themselves, but must always grow from their roots.

What is "Roots Music" unless it grows from roots?