They like the "idea" of it. Baseball games, barbecues, etc. There's a lot more involved in being an engaged citizen. We can talk Socrates, Plato, Rousseau, Locke, Hobbes, and even Clausewitz. It's easy to be fat, lazy, and stupid. It's hard to be a patriot. And it shouldn't have to come to arms, but if it does, you know, at that point, you've done your damnedest to give those poor sons of bitches the opportunity to change their ways.