Since the institutions of America have already been uprooted and remade by the generations of the 1960's, 70's and 80's, it moronic for, say, the generation of the 2000's to do anything but further remake them.
If we lived in 16th century England, the question of what to do with our living history might matter.
Or, perhaps, to reconsider anew forgotten ideas and examine their applicability to modern life.
The idea that "the old rules don't apply" had a lot to do with the decision process that obliterated Wall Street.
We've got choice now. No reference to "the value of tradition" can remove it.
500 years ago the neighboring village was often a major threat to your existence, crops, etc, as well as a possible disease vector.