Because people take generation credit all the time. We "french/english/<insert any nationality>" did this and that. So if we are not trying to being hypocritica

Because people take generation credit all the time. We "french/english/<insert any nationality>" did this and that. So if we are not trying to being hypocritical, it makes sense you share the associated guilt also. We haven't gone backwards, it's just we have become bit more consistent in our logic