Roger Scruton was this generation’s most well-known conservative philosopher. He was a fierce critic of various sorts of leftism, socialism, collectivism, postmodernism, and so on. Yet note these two items: (a) He regularly states that he is more in agreement with their philosophical fundamentals than he is with (b) the philosophy he believes is most opposed to conservatism. First, on (a), Some sample quotations from his: 2014 book The Meaning of Conservatism (2014):
“Conservatism arises directly from the sense that one belongs to some continuing, and pre-existing social order, and that this fact is all-important in determining what to do”.
“A society or a nation is indeed a kind of organism (and also very much more than an organism)”.
“a society is more than a speechless organism. It has personality, and will. Its history, institutions and culture are the repositories of human values—in short, it has the character of end as well as means.”
On “true conservatives”:
“Their own will to live, and the nation’s will to live, are simply one and the same.”
And now on (b), his number one enemy:
“the philosophy which I shall characterize in this book as the principal enemy of conservatism, the philosophy of liberalism, with all its attendant trappings of individual autonomy and the natural rights of man.”
Summarizing: Scruton rejects individual autonomy and rejects natural rights. He accepts an organic collectivism of society and nation and believes the collective will is all-important in determining how one should live.
An image version of the above quotations:
I have a forthcoming Philosophers, Explained episode on this book.
Hence why Conservatives cannot be the antidote to socialism. If they understand what you outline herein.