Traumas last several generations. I saw that in the southeastern USA during the 1960’s over the Civil War of the 1860’s.
Indeed. Post war Germany is not perfect but did go through a process after Holocaust drama...to repent, punish/try leaders at Nuremberg, make amends and reparations continue for Jewish families if I am not mistaken...
China skipped all that and is a superpower now. The pressure to “keep up” is I’m sure behind authoritarian measures like these taking on updates forms suited to the times.
Oops i forgot to mention failure of Civil War reconstruction. If Lincoln hadnt died...who knows what would have been in the South.