A lot of us make reference to Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings. But let us imagine the hobbits set off to defend the Shire after Saruman had turned it into an industrialised shithole full of alien invaders. That is the task that we face. We must defend not the Shire that is, but the memory of the Shire that once was, that it may be so again.
Hobbiton by JRR Tolkien
I saw a British show about restoring historic buildings. The building was 1420AD Llewyn Celyn House (holly bush In English) in the Welsh border lands. The commenter and head or restoration said if the old places are allowed to disappear then we have lost a line of communication with the past that makes us who we are and is part of us now.
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