It's perverted by the companies first and secondarily by the consultants as the enablers.

Most companies have never cared and do not care for anything agile or anything manifesto.

For them Agile™ is nothing but a brand name and a weapon that legitimises the way they want to exert power over their employees.

They cherry pick elements from the methodology. Change it to their liking and slap the professionally accepted label on it.

That's how the pointy-haired manager turns daily standup to daily micro management meeting and daily beatings with a stick.

Basically no development methodology survives the conflicts of interest at play in the long run.