Then on what basis were Americans justified in fighting for their freedom in 1775? If life in slavery is better than a chance of death in battle?
What about all that stuff about “Give me Liberty or give me Death?”
I find it very difficult to believe that someone who thinks of himself as a conservative American can actually believe such arguments. They are not only un-American, they are IMO anti-American. They are in direct conflict with the principles that make America distinctive.
It is one thing to choose death over enslavement for yourself, it is entirely another to make that choice for your children.
It is also easy to say you’d choose death in the abstract, but you might have a sudden change of heart when the machete is about to chop off your head.