Because it preserves an archaic tradition that caters to the mountain man machismo, self-reliant, homesteader-imagery, romantic bullcrap?

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/04/09/norm-vandal-love-recreational-trapping-how-about-an-experiment/

“Joseph loves the Bohemian mountain man lifestyle,” said his sister Trisha Smith who added that Rarick is a skilled outdoorsman who loves fishing.

Source: https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/can-t-move-forward-family-of-missing-man-agonizing-as-alberta-sets-record-overdose-death-rate-1.6640790

One of the things he noted was the emphasis we had on education, and the fact that he could find a mountain man and the guy knew how to read.

Source: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/01/03/dr-ben-carson-diagnoses-americas-greatest-ailment-as-loss-of-vision/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dr-ben-carson-diagnoses-americas-greatest-ailment-as-loss-of-vision