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We live in a post-creativity, post-responsibility culture now. We can't have any original stories or characters, and no one can ever be to blame for their own actions. Sad

What

Being in a post-creativity culture, all we get are prequels and sequels for existing stories
Being in a post-responsibility society, villains can't ever just be evil, they have to be misunderstood victims

Combine these two and we get sympathetic villain origin stories