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>It's competitive sport
It's a cope sport. Supposed to be a test of general strength but because ohp is too hard to judge it's a test of ass density. 2/3 of the lifts are lower body. People start lifting for a dozen reasons, and if they get kind of strong but still aren't drowning in vaginal lubricant, think "Maybe I could compete" and powerlifting is how you do that. Well, there's strongman now too, but getting to the top in either isn't worth bloating or destroying your body if you have a lot else going for you.
I was watching a Fazlifts video and he acted like bodybuilding and strength were opposites and powerbuilding is a joke, when bodybuilding is mostly training for strength at about 10 reps, except you neglect compounds so you have weak points--like big arms weak waist. Powerlifting is 1rm at three lifts. At least strongman is training general ability, but powerbuilding is the non-extreme, sensible version, so you're capable and look pretty manly.
Get pretty strong at a lot of lifts and don't compete at anything and you win. Ironically.