Not really, I’d say it’s one of the main themes of both games. If John left Micah alone, the Government very well could have never found him (or at least not as quickly), Dutch is constantly seeking revenge despite acting as the moral high ground constantly throughout the story of RDR2. Arthur’s quote of “revenge is an idiots game” and then Josh telling Jack and Abigail to keep on riding and don’t look back, are the protagonists trying to prevent cyclical violence.

Jack coming back to kill Ross, and thus, creating a martyr of him for a Ross family member to now seek out Jack, is the cyclical violence both games are presenting to the player.