Was listening to
Dixie (unofficial Confederate anthem) today. IMMEDIATELY noticed the similarity to a lot of Irish/Scottish music. Then I thought about how much influence the culture might have had and still has today in the US.
Looked at the Wikipedia page for Scotch-Irish Americans, which talked about how some of the cattle herding culture back in Ireland/Scotland bred a distrust for 'big gubberment' and created a strong 'right to arms' culture.
Heeeeeyyyy... wait a minute... ain't this pretty similar to the ideology of today's Republicans?