It think the pressure comes from globalization. The meme for success has shifted from a local scope to the global one: You are only really successful if you wo

It think the pressure comes from globalization. The meme for success has shifted from a local scope to the global one: You are only really successful if you work around the globe in an international company. There are however, due to hierarchical centralization, there are very few positions in the global market, so you end up with a lot of people competing for a very low number of high-end jobs. That creates pressure, and in return, out of empathy teachers grade more benevolently. At the same time the education systems became more centralized too, leading to competition as well: Good teachers are those with successful students, leading also to grade inflation yet again. I’m unsure whether this problem is solvable (e.g. with basic income or laws that penalize globalization), or whether it will solve itself with time.