Why did they end up where they are?

Some things that I often wonder:

- why are the fundamentals of philosophy not taught as part of standard curriculum?

- why do the fundamentals of philosophy not play a bigger role in journalism and mainstream/official discourse?

- why do few people wonder about this and other obvious(?) things? Might that be related to the preceding points?

- will this ever change, enough to carry the day considering our load of problems (known, unknown, mistaken, etc)?