I would recommend the work of spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset, more specifically the book "Revolt of the Masses".

Basically, the premise is that the astounding material successes of european liberal societies and the displacement of danger and suffering from everyday life has altered the nature of human existence to such an extent that it has turned the masses into a group of spoiled, indocile, violent teenagers, who take all the comforts of modern life for granted and do not realize that their existence and maintenance depend on enormous efforts by past and current elites in the development of science and technique. Instead of being grateful to their intellectually and morally superior peers (the excellent men), and accepting their naturally subordinate place in the social hierarchy, the masses now believe they have the right to shit out rules for everybody. This classification of "mass-man" is not based on economical background, but on pure moral and intellectual quality. The middle and upper-classes are, in fact, more likely to behave as "mass-men" than those who live a life of hardship or poverty.

The existence of average men has been elevated to such a high tier that true excellence is no longer recognized, and even despised. The unqualified masses of people now occupy institutional spaces that used to be reserved to the excellent few. The same thing applies to public and natural spaces, which are swarmed by intellectual children who previously would have been banned from such spaces, not even feeling slightly bothered by that fact, since they have no moral capacity to appreciate them. The good things in life, which used to be reserved to those deserving of them, have been massified and thus destroyed.

Scientific elites themselves have become degenerated as increased specialization means they no longer have the general historical and civilizational knowledge which had previously been required of ruling elites. While very competent in extremely specific fields of study, they are ignorant when it comes to history, philosophy, politics and the functioning of society, despite feeling entitled to have a say in such matters. That filthy criminal rat Fauci is a perfect example of such a despicable man.

I must however point out that Gasset should be classified somewhere between paleoconservatism and classical liberalism and believes fascism and national-socialism, just like bolshevism, are degenerated, violent, destructive impulses by the spoiled masses. In the 1920s and 1930s he correctly predicted the inevitable failure and demise of these ideologies, and says any alternative to liberalism must first recognize and incorporate its successes.