Cowardice is the foundational core of Conservatism. Conservative means a refusal to change or innovate, because they are AFRAID of anything new, because it might be worse than what they have now. They are happy with their current situation, so they won’t allow anything to change and fuck it up, and that includes helping anyone else. So they are perpetually afraid of Democrats, Liberals, Leftists, Gays, Women’s private parts, immigrants, other religions, other countries, other races, smart people, Critical Thinking Skills, etc.