[kadendogthing]

Often it's "freedom-from" consequences. North American culture has a bad habit lately of focusing on people's responses to language/actions than the actual subject's language/actions in the first place.

"Yeah, sure this person did X, but why did people have to react like Y. What a bunch of snowflakes!"

It's extremely toxic, idiotic, and immature. It IS slowly seeping into professional environments. I personally don't abide by it in my teams. You are given creative and professional freedom, this is a privilege and power and with it comes responsibility. If you demonstrate that you are not willing to take this responsibility seriously I have no problem letting you go. We're a good solid company, we pay really well, and we work on cool stuff. Sexism, diet-racism, showing up late to meetings, randomly calling out after half off wine on Wednesdays, isn't tolerable.

I am not old (at least I don't think I am). I haven't hit 30 yet. But I personally feel like the above things seem to be happening in greater and greater frequency and it all comes down to a "freedom-from consequences" attitude.

Americans have a culture (at least a professional one) problem and we don't seem to be willing to discuss it, in my personal view. Maybe it's just constrained to the software development field? Though from what I see from my finance peers I don't believe this to be the case.