However, I'm much more interested in this: all the stuff you need to be happy as an "authentic American conservative"...why do you need a government to give you all that? What's fundamentally wrong with getting it from the private sector?
You don't need government to give you all that, you need government to assist in the means to protect it. Alone you're always at the mercy of anyone who wants to take control of you. As a member of a group you are stronger and more able to protect what is yours. In order for the group to operate and cooperate it must have some sort of structure. That's government.
Go tell the Spartans,Travelers passing by,That here,Obedient to their laws we lie.
I'm older now but I'm still runnin' against the wind
