It isn't apologetic. It is a statement of "we're still not able to fix/avoid it or similar to it" almost 200 years later.

> At some point you need to hold the people who perpetuate the system accountable for the devastation it causes.

Naturally, that beyond the debate. Unfortunately we still fail to effectively unwind the system behavior back to responsible people (and there is whole theory on whether in general it is possible at all and to what extent)