A welfare state, properly conceived, can be an integral part of a conservative society.
One can be unhappy before eating caviar, even after, but at least not during.
Even if we can't be happy, we must always be cheerful.
.. the most intelligent defender of capitalism in the modern period is Friedrich Hayek.
The enemy of liberal capitalism today is not so much socialism as nihilism.
The trouble with traditional American conservatism is that it lacks a naturally cheerful, optimistic disposition. Not only does it lack one, it regards signs of one as evidence of unsoundness, irresponsibility.