It’s completely boggling. The other longer reply nailed it perfectly. But yeah, conservatism is a really weird ideal in that regard.

It’s because it’s all “anti big government”, but usually they’re talking about bringing down social safety nets and building up walls.

They’re so obsessed with governmental tyranny (even though they’re religiously huge fans of police and armed forces…huh?), but they’re completely blind to tyranny on smaller levels, on a domestic scale.

So you usually catch them simping for capitalists instead of opposing them.

“Because one day I’ll get to wear the boot! 🤡”

I think they see abuse by bosses, landlords, and the ilk as “paying ones’ dues” or something. They’ll of course have zero compunction about passing on that abuse if they somehow end up in the high-chair.

So basically: "Don’t tread on me!*

*…Unless you’re my boss. I’m happy I’m at least free to choose my own tyrant among an infinite number of other tyrants, and I’ll die talk a really big game to make sure everyone is exploited by private interests instead of government ones!"

There’s for-the-people groups like Socialist Rifle Association but they’re smaller in comparison.

Heck, gun-fever and the NRA are basically all private marketing schemes to begin with.