I conformably cast focus upon the Western (Euro-American) obsession with Roman and Greek culture. In America, Philosophy is synonymous with a bearded bald headed dude. I think the government itself has cast generational influences and illusions and propaganda, effectively, rendering philosophy as a “pretentious activity”.
Also, good philosophy destroys a bunch of aristocracies. And on an unrelated note, governments which are totally not aristocracies, totally support “education”, as long as it does not question any status quo.