Closed Guard Hate

Why do people treat holding closed guard different than holding a top position? I was just asked this, so I’ll elaborate on what I think and if you want to contribute feel free. Holding closed guard has no benefit from a self-defense or competition perspective. It doesn’t score points and it’s not a good striking position. You don’t have to earn the position the same way as a top position and it’s a regression in the positional hierarchy. Holding closed guard is presented as trying not to lose rather than trying to win. The goal everyone talks about is advancing position and closed guard is not that. If you want to play guard it should be always advancing, just like any other position. When people play closed guard that is often not the case.