The real freedom of any individual can always be measured by the amount of responsibility which he must assume for his own welfare and security. That is what is in it for you, your own benefit. Also forget using the excuse that other people will do it for you and you can just lay back and do more enjoyable and easier activities. That is exactly how freedom is lost. If so, you should be the first person to stand up for freedom.
Many people never grow up.
They stay all their lives with a passionate need for external authority and guidance, pretending not to trust their own judgment. We have a great country, but too many of us have turned on, tuned in, and dropped out. Thus we have abdicated our power to a minority bunch of hateful, narrow minded, misinformed, prejudiced zealots. It is time to assume control of this country and lead it into an enlightened era. The first step is your step.