Thank you for this honest assessment.

No matter how innocent I am & how much I may exonerrate myself, "collective responsibility" hangs on the neck of us all - at one point or the other.

👉 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments. Daniel 9:5 (Holy Bible)👈 Here, Daniel, a holy prophet identified with the people as being complicit in their nation's sins.

In other words, even when praying to God for mercies, we must acknowledge our part in this collective guilt even if we are not directly or indirectly involved in its perpetuation.

This story resonates well with me As a Nigerian, most Western countries instantly tag many of my innocent nationals as crooks by default.