Consequences of past events or situations are felt for a long time through the mechanism of culture - which acts as a sort of collective societal memory. People

Consequences of past events or situations are felt for a long time through the mechanism of culture - which acts as a sort of collective societal memory. People who have not lived the traumatic situations assimilate their teachings through culture. Blaming Tsar's influence and Communism is perfectly reasonable, just as blaming HDR or McCarthy's heritage in the US.