Imagine someone discovers a powerful lever that will cause the outcome they and others desire.

They look around and see that no one else has pulled this obvious lever.

A Saruman will declare: "It must be that I'm the only one bold enough to pull the lever."

A Radagast will answer: "No, you're the only one dumb enough to not see the indirect downside cost if you pull it, or shameless enough to not care."

Maybe there's a non-obvious reason that this obvious lever hasn't been pulled?