Musical imperialism is the province of the music industry which seeks to promote a product that will appeal to at the most the greatest common denominator and at least
a mid-line market. Some of the music is good.

Traditional folk music is not traded like a commodity for a musical Wall Street.
It comes out of a community that has sung and played music that was passed down
through generations. That's why it is traditional and not made for the market.

There is an analogy here between the "commons" or the public ownership and privatization
of a resource. Traditional folk music is public. Rock and Roll, Rock, Rap, Hip Hop, Country,
and even some forms of jazz are bins in a record store that has been privatized. It's a given commodity to sell to likely audiences. Traditional folk music isn't sold like that.
You can't buy and sell it on the music market because it wasn't created for that purpose.

I love all kinds of music but I believe I know the difference between commercial music
and traditional folk.