That's because the original practices and teachings have been adulterated and heavily re-contextualized. The original context is extraordinarily hostile to Communism, Capitalism, progress, pragmatism, goals, modern society, domestic society, the economy, etc...
Pierre Turlur has an excellent criticism of this particular appropriation, "The Dharma is utterly useless" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvmgpyVcYJc