Maybe because such people ofter owe their position to fiat. Their employer is the state of the employer of their employer is the state. That is true for many intellectuals

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Agree, but surely their intellectual curiosity would make them want to understand it.

I'm no expert, but what I know I learnt through curiosity. I had no negative experience (fiat rug pull, financial crash etc) that led me to go down the rabbit hole.