Jaenera Targaryen
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That really depends on what you mean by Sith. If you mean the Sith as a culture and society, than no, the New Sith had few ties to the old Sith. But the Sith were also a religion, not just a people. And most later Sith did attempt to adhere to the ideals and philosophy of the old Sith even if they weren't culturally Sith.
By 'New Sith', I refer to all the Sith organizations that arose from Darth Ruin's claiming of the title of Dark Lord around 2000 BBY onward.
For instance, some of the Sith who had little to no cultural ties to the Sith Empire, such as Malak and Exar Kun, were still recognized by those Sith as other Sith and by their holocrons and force ghosts. The only exceptions I can think of are Darth Plagueis and Darth Krayt.
Both Darth Revan and Darth Malak received their titles from Darth Vitiate. Similarly, Exar Kun received his title from Marka Ragnos, and had previously received training from Freedon Nadd, who had been the apprentice of and technically the immediate successor of Naga Sadow (concurrent - not that Nadd knew it - to Darth Vitiate). Exar Kun also assimilated the Old Sith culture from his dominion over the Massassi exiles on Yavin IV. So, they still count as Old Sith.
In my opinion where the Sith really started to go wrong was with Bane. For all it's problems, the Brotherhood of Darkness had ambitions of making the galaxy better and wasn't solely focused on destroying the Jedi. While Bane's plan was effective at destroying the Jedi his order never really had a plan for what came next. Once Palpatine had accomplished that goal he sort of stagnated until he got killed.
This is true. Even the Old Sith Empire had solid plans on what to do after they succeeded in destroying the Republic and defeating the Jedi Order. Power for its own sake was never the goal of the Old Sith, that - as you pointed out - only started with Darth Bane. The Old Sith actually busied themselves with making their empire at least managed to function effectively.