Give it about 30 to 40 years, which is about the length of time needed for the generation that experienced the hardships to either die or forget, and for a new generation to not know any better and be completely ignorant of recent history.
Sanity is a difficult prospect. Maintaining it would be enough to drive one mad.
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There's a word for the splattered remains of a bird after it passes through a jet engine: Snarge.