Very much the wrong takeaway. SELinux is absolutely for people and corporations and has been for most of it's existence, and no, it doesn't make sense to disable it anymore than it makes sense to run as root because it's convenient.
If you are looking for a justification to excuse bad security practices, you won't find it in the origin story of SELinux.
If you are looking for a justification to excuse bad security practices, you won't find it in the origin story of SELinux.