Traditions. We love them almost as much as we hate them.
Simultaneously holding us back and keeping us in check. Giving us a sense of identity but restricting us. Providing us with a foundation but one with holes in it. Still, arguably, better than nothing.
Though there is an argument to be made that links to the past keep us sane, there’s also an argument to be made that if you hold rigidly to everything that is old you risk becoming a fossil.
Speaking of calcification: German airline group Lufthansa recently announced a change to its inflight greeting language and some people are not happy about it.