We libs all want equality and everyone to be given their fare share based on what the person actually has contributed to society at whole and we care about making sure every American is taken care of, we don't care about stuffing our pockets with cash from greed and power, we don't only want to take care of a few select people we care about all people. Conservatives get scared shitless of us because they're afraid we're going to expose them and take away that which they have not rightfully earned.
You know what the difference between collectivists and capitalists is?... The collectivist figures there's only so much pie to go around and that everybody should be presented with a slice. The capitalist understands that he can always MAKE MORE PIE. More pie means more availability and increases the likelihood that everyone will get some.
People like you don't understand just how small that slice of "free" pie is going to be once you've destroyed the capitalist system. It's like the sample size you get in the bakery. Think you can live on that?
Your problem is that you don't really have any understanding of what it is you're supposed to be defending in your oath to defend the Constitution. You don't understand what makes this country exceptional. You don't understand the
freedom in a capitalist system.
All government is essentially
Force. And what "liberals" like you are suggesting is that this Force be used in an arbitrary way rather than as mandated by Constitutional law. You have no authority to do that. Outside of the limits of the Constitution... all you have is "right of might", tyranny. There IS NO United States of America without that Constitution. You have no basis to force your arbitrary will, your arbitrary sense of "fairness" upon your fellow citizens. This is NOT a democracy. It's a Republic, whereby democracy is exercised upon a predetermined framework of agreed-upon law.
My suggestion to you would be to correct your ignorance. Read the U.S. Constitution. Read the Federalist Papers. Research the philosophy of
Classical Liberalism and understand how it differs from the fascism practiced by modern Progressives. You'll find that Conservatism and Libertarianism are rooted in Classical Liberalism, that what we're "conserving" is the Spirit of Liberty.
The subject of Social Issues is only a subtext of the larger conflict. Sure, if you imagine Social Issues on a sliding scale, you might call the left edge of it "Liberal" and the right edge "Conservative". But the overarching conflict is actually about
Collectivism v. Individualism (Liberty). And once you understand that all collectivist systems pretty much end up in oligarchic tyranny, with the few who've managed to climb up over the backs of their brethren wielding power over the many... it's not a hard choice to make.
Equal in value doesn't mean equal in outcome. Individuals must determine outcome for themselves if they intend to be free. Otherwise, Liberty must be subordinated for the so-called "greater good". And that's NOT the deal we freely agreed upon at ratification.
If you can take off the partisan hat, provided to you by politicians with something to gain from divisive politics... you'll see that it's a matter of common sense and logic. Are you an individual, willing to accept risk for freedom?... or are you a collectivist, willing to trade Liberty for the illusion of comfort?