It's what they think they want. To scared to color out of the lines. They don't have to think, or worry too much. They know as long as they wake up and clock in at some point in the day, they can calc...
There's nothing wrong with the free market version of that. What's bad is that they think the government is necessary for that kind of security, and they believe the lies they've been fed with no critical thought even when the contradictions are glaringly obvious. That's the kind of cowardice that I abhor.