While your broader point is accurate: Germany was never denazified, except in the East. Adenauer brought in many Nazis / Nazi party members because like the Baath Party, they were essential to running the state.
But at one point, the German state realized that it could silence the German people by citing crimes committed by the German state, which of course meant that you could never criticize the German state later on. The politicians certainly don't hate themselves, in fact, they love themselves too much... to the exclusion of any love for country, family (insofar as they have any) or any principle beside the will to power.
While your broader point is accurate: Germany was never denazified, except in the East. Adenauer brought in many Nazis / Nazi party members because like the Baath Party, they were essential to running the state.
But at one point, the German state realized that it could silence the German people by citing crimes committed by the German state, which of course meant that you could never criticize the German state later on. The politicians certainly don't hate themselves, in fact, they love themselves too much... to the exclusion of any love for country, family (insofar as they have any) or any principle beside the will to power.