All right, let's think in terms of generations. Slavery ended 160 years ago; that's something like eight generations (depending on exactly how you define it).

All right, let's think in terms of generations. Slavery ended 160 years ago; that's something like eight generations (depending on exactly how you define it). Things that happened in the past did real damage. But sooner or later you have to stop blaming the past and start actually fixing things and getting on with life. Eight generations is past that time. I submit that four generations also is, and therefore that your blaming WWII for Italy is as misguided as blaming slavery for the US.