Reply #8: My theory - both WWs

[supernova]

Both WW I and II happened in Europe, on their soil, in their homes. That's a trauma that can last generations.

I think they realized what exactly they were doing to each other in the name of what? Nationalism is certainly in there. Ideology and Theology are represented too. At some point in the aftermath, you begin to realize you aren't winning any points, just inflicting mindless pain on people very much the same as you.

What happened to Europe is empathy on a social level that we just don't experience here. We could, but we don't.