Also, it should be painfully obvious by now that these same (largely British) group of musicians is profoundly uncomfortable with the contemporary world, and all that comes with it. Like technology.

This is a group of people who seem to believe the only good music is the music of their father's fathers. Or music that is old, and performed without technology being involved, and surrounded by a group of people who think and behave the same way they themselves think and behave. There is no doubt in my mind that a love of elitism is a big draw for this kind of music snobbery. But you don't just see this level of elitism and music snobbery in folk music. You see it in relation to some other music genres too. I'm trying to think of a music genre that is more elitist and snobby, but really, I can't think of one. I put these folk music snobs on a par with the classical music snobs. If there are snobbier groups of music lovers, I don't know who it would be.

Theirs is a very limited worldview about music, but it is theirs and they are entitled to it. What isn't cool at all though, is their proclivity to insult anyone who isn't part of their very small elitist group of music snobs. I really don't mind music snobs, so long as they don't get in my face.