It's also part of a much larger trend where we tend to blame as many problems on as few individuals as possible. Sure, it simplifies the story in our heads, but it also allows massive corporations who ARE responsible for wrongdoings get away with blaming whoever happens to be sitting at the top seat. And when IF they even get punished at all, it's usually so light that they don't even notice and before long they're the head of another company anyway so its as if it never happened