Apparently you missed man’s inalienable right to “LIFE....”. Perhaps you don’t know what conception means?
Who ever said anything about “easy” or “simple”. The Constitution was, afterall, drafted by some very bright and learned men. The original intent of the our founding fathers was to have a well educated citizenry so it could understand complex ideas. Today’s public education does not meet the standard.
The allure of “isms”— like communism, socialism and facism— is their seeming simplicity. But, in the end, they don’t work because they are too rigid and they make no allowance for man’s tendency to greed and elitism.
Our system has worked so well specifically because it allows for adaptation without compromising the important underlying constitutional tenets of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness and property ownership.
Morevoer, the creation of three branches of government was designed to create sufficient tension to prevent one person or idea from prevailing. However, with the establishment of the political elite in this country, the checks and balances are not working as they were envisioned. Politicians are in the same office far longer than is healthy. Of course, the founding fathers never saw elected office as a full time job either.
Their expectation was that people would do their public duty, but still have non-political careers to which to return. Those who chose to, would serve a couple of terms and then return to the private sector. They never imagined elected office would become a full-time job—let alone a career.
You can talk hours and hours conceptually, until you can define conservatism in a simple, easy to understand definition, you will not be able to influence people to buy your ideas. This is the problem with conservatism. We need many words to describe what we believe. While they may be 'true' ideas, they don't appeal to the masses.