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Because it is wrapped in a pre tag (aka preformated text). And it is not so much a quote as a way to show code segments.

• saycheese 10y ago
  Correct, block quotes use a mono-space font by default and the use cases for it were largely for expressing code snippets.
• tonto 10y ago
  You can add wrap to pre...Maybe for pure formatting's sake it's not a good idea though