Chapter 8: Theory of the Leisure Class:
"Since conservatism is a characteristic of the wealthier and therefore more reputable portion of the community, it has acquired a certain honorific or decorative value. Conservatism, being an upper-class characteristic, is decorous; and conversely, innovation, being a lower-class phenomenon, is vulgar.
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The difference in this respect between the wealthy and the common run of mankind lies not so much in the motive which prompts to conservatism as in the degree of exposure to the economic forces that urge a change. The members of the wealthy class do not yield to the demand for innovation as readily as other men because they are not constrained to do so."

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/833/pg833-images.html#link2HCH0008

There's also some great points about how societal changes (e.g. female suffrage, taxes) are framed as to raise fear of chaos and disorder, but also that institutions need to adapt or they will either and die by a process similar to biological evolution.

I will try to assemble these thoughts but I'm still trawling through an economic classic from 1899 which is not my usual bedtime reading.