[wldcordeiro]

That's a really good point that wasn't at all mentioned. It could also be that the older people are less likely to admit that they threw someone under the bus and consider it "just business."

[pavel_lishin]

It's possible that in the economic climate they grew up in, it was simply never necessary.

The citizens of Leningrad in 1937 would surely not resort to cannibalism, but ask that question again in 1943...