When nanny statism takes a hold of a state with only one city larger than 50,000 and where the only two liberal outposts are Jackson Hole (rich outsiders and the transient arts crowd) and Laramie (state university), your fear is well grounded.
One has to wonder whether or not something incipient in the trappings of civilization like flush toilets or clean water causes a subtle genetic bias in favor of a pansy or statist bootlicker gene..