5 why's can be very political. You can make it take whatever direction you want to tell what ever story you want. I don't get why it's cargo culted the way it is
While that might be true, the five whys is notorious for slipping into a destructive "you/I suck and firing you/I solves the problem for good and I believe it makes everyone absolutely happy" style of false conclusions.
Reportedly Toyota has organizational mitigations for that problem or reportedly the working culture there isn't so great after all. The bottom line is, it's a double edged sword to say the very least.
