BTW this is a fundamental moral and legal principle embodied in the founding of the United States of America. And quite "radical" for it's time. In many cultures and most legal systems thereof before our experiment, one's lot in life was cast by their heredity. You could be held to account for the crimes of your ancestors. The idea that death severed the liability chain was not popular many places ;-).

Fundamental to our definition of "justice" is that you are accountable for what YOU do, not for what your past generations may (or may not) have done.

This is one of the principles that "wokeness" seeks to overturn. In the new definition of "social justice" you must pay for the crimes of prior generations. But not just your direct lineage, but for the crimes of anyone who may have physically resembled you in skin tone. The absurdity (and profound danger) should be obvious, but thar ya go.