What is the importance of tradition?

>>2389382
Foundation of society and civilisation

>>2389382
it serves the basic psychological need of orientation

It leads one to God.

Keep it if it works, scrap it if it doesn't

Practice exists for the sake of its adherents, tradition exists solely to preserve itself at any cost

>>2389382
if you try you can replace it with something worse

>>2389424
or something better

>>2389382
A number of important social and political institutions are kept afloat mostly because "that's how [insert culture] has always done it." It's the difference between endless military coups that rocked Africa and the immensely powerful and influential US military finding the idea of taking over the government unthinkable.

That depends on the tradition.

If it's based on facts, it's good.
If it's based on lies, it's not good.

Really that simple.

>>2389382
It can be fun.

>>2389382
Most tradition is people doing repeating senseless rituals because they never questioned themselves (never quested).
Things that are sensible we also do repeatedly...but they're sane, thoughtful things.

>>2389382
it gives false beliefs legitmacy

>>2389382
The family is the base unit of any society, strong family strong function.

Traditions are invented, reinvented, discovered and discarded all the time

They're mostly vague, ideological goals which serve to justify the existing state of things

Read Hobsbawm

>>2391040
>Read materialists ever

No thanks.

gives us a reminder of what people did in the past desu

>>2393193
Most, if not all, traditions are bastardized to the point it tells you fuck all about what people did in the past, unless by past you mean "last year".