What does it mean “each generation grows further from its roots”?

I think it means that each generation forgets how there ancestors used to live or even if they know we try not to do that cause of the modern life

Explanation:

my opinion

answer; nonverbal decoding;

answer; for a democracy to work a society must have rule by law, protections for both civil rights and civil liberties tolerance of dissent, and acceptance of majority decisions by the minority; and people must trust there government;