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Who of us wants to live in a culture where you are held responsible and judged for everything that you have ever said or done as an adult?

It appears that our culture is changing to become a culture where anyone, especially anyone in public life, can and will be held responsible and judged, based on the continually changing cultural views, for everything that they have ever said or done as a teen or adult. In such a culture, no one will be able to withstand that judgement of their life, and everyone will eventually fail to pass the cultural scrutiny and fall. Question: Do you personally want to live in a culture like that? Why, or why not?

Additional Thoughts: When I wrote this question originally, I didn't want it to become so politically focused, but that is how most have answered it, possibly because I wrote "especially anyone in public life" in the original question. What about other areas of life? If your entire life were researched and scrutinized by a possible employer during the job application process, based upon the values of the current culture, would you be OK with that?

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DarkMoon · 22-25, M

What do you mean by "fall"?
They'll make less money because they miss out on some well-paid gigs?
They won't be held up as great role models?
That doesn't feel too unfair to me.
Where I would have sympathy is when people dig up tweets from someone when they were 16 or younger, an age when most of us write dumb stuff but if you were talking like an ass at 25 or 30, chances are you really are an ass.

ms20182878 · 61-69, M

@DarkMoon It's not all about money... It is about their position of service and influence. Do you believe that people can change for the better as they live their life? As a culture, should we be accepting of their positive changes... or not?

DarkMoon · 22-25, M

@ms20182878 People certainly can change but very often they just try to cover their tracks. And it also depends what exactly we find out about them. I can look at someone like Bill Clinton and think "there but for the grace of God" but I never thought it was okay to wear a KKK costume or blackface. I don't think cultural views have changed THAT much.