eurogreen:

What I want is distinct from what I expect the State to do on my behalf.

Intriguing. How do you expect your wish to come true? Ah, I have got it: probably you pray for divine intervention. ;)

Let me give you an example. I want women to find me handsome and sexy. I don't expect the State to provide this for me.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II}