After worlds war II, many German professors came to America universities. Because of the guilty feeling inside of them, they developed this "you have your way I have my way" type of thinking. It started in academia, in time, it has dominated the American , or western society, I should say.
Now we see cases like this: someone can not pass a test, then he sued and have everyone's test results canceled. because the test is too hard TO HIM, even though many others passed.