Yeah, I think they call this stuff like "civilization" and "progress"
only nobody bothered to read the fine print to know really what that meant.
The overreaction was understandable given the level of evil and carnage the Nazis wrought, but the long term consequences were overlooked when the decision was made to utterly pacify the entire population.
It is probably why Patton wanted to use what useful capital there was left in Germany and combine it with the personnel and material we brought over to him and turn on the Soviets while they still had the most powder to aim. We made wolves turn into sheep so that they would never turn to bite us again, when we only needed to tear out the sick and rabid dogs and raise the next litter in our mold.
Ehh, hindsight...
And now, with this clash of cultures going on...a largely unarmed populace told to play nice with invading Muslims...
They are seeing a spike in the old overreactions...so if another psychopathic mesmerizing artist were to try to start ThousandYearReich2.0 the ground is getting more fertile.
Progressives...totalitarianism is impossible without them...