This is a symptom
of rational structures run amok, and of the rationalist technocrats within them avoiding their responsibility to use judgement in their actions. Because it's art, and popular art besides, it's one that affects a large part of the populace. However, one can find numerous examples of this in all areas, including business, government, journalism, and education.
It's the slavish devotion to the "universally right answer", arrived at by ideological means, that leads to situations like this, leavened by the greed of the actors within the institutions that undertake actions like this.
