Terminal stage treatbrain: “Anyone that ever, ever makes me feel bad about anything done by my predecessors is actually a bad person. I am the Main Character. Me.” 
Are these bazinga nazis doing things that much better in the present, or are they seeking to “coup whoever they want, deal with it” as usual? 
I think there’s layers to it, from their own emotional cores being childlike bullies themselves to them outright enjoying the sight of children hurt.