probably, he probably has a lot of habits that he may have picked up including how he treated assistants and stable workers and women and whatnot, and i think that internally he shoved the connection deep down and used those actions as a form of self punishment or something without realizing why he hated himself so much. even though he’s been estranged he carries his father with him, like gyro does, though instead of self-berating like gyro, he acts poorly to others around him. so as he grows out of that immaturity he lets go of the negative habits he had from george.
at some point, he’s definitely accountable, and comes to realize that, but he makes the choice to want to be better and be kind of awful in his own special way. as in shooting people without remorse. which can be chalked up to self defense, but i digress.
i think in the time before he was paralyzed, it was easy to surround himself with distractions and ignore the grating guilt, but after he found himself completely alone and with time to introspect, yeah, not even his father visited him in the hospital. he’s left alone with his thoughts, reminiscing on decisions, and with no one to treat poorly but himself. oh johnny 💔