It's a US thing. Most folks here have very little exposure to political philosophy unless they seek it out or major in something at least adjacent to it in coll

It's a US thing. Most folks here have very little exposure to political philosophy unless they seek it out or major in something at least adjacent to it in college, and the bit they do is almost all Locke's concept of natural rights, by way of Paine. Neither figure is typically read, only mentioned and briefly summarized. Like, that's it. Beginning and end. Whole thing. That the concept is... not trivial to defend, in these our modern times, and further that it may not have much practical use beyond its value in propaganda (which is real and shouldn't be dismissed and, I suppose, is furthered by the sort of education above) isn't really covered.