You ask WHY something happened or WHY something is.
What you get is
It's been going on for years. It happens everywhere. Everybody does it.
How is this a reply to WHY? It rationalizes justifies excuses. I find no answer to WHY. I wonder why some folks REFUSE to reply to why? That means giving a logical rational sensible reason which they can't do if they simply shrug it off by saying "it's always been this way". WHY?