We’re still in that age, I think it has to do with systems that depersonalize both those who are subject to them and those who operate them. You would expect school officials to do an investigation and use their critical thinking and judgement to determine that what the kid did was absolutely correct, but the system demands that they set aside their humanity and act like a machine, following the letter of the law and seeking maximum enforcement at all times.

This is only possible because of how alienated we are from each other, and yes capitalism is the primary driver of that alienation and making it worse all the time even though this is not a strictly economic thing.