The would-be aristocrats of the era would have preferred the word "property" over "happiness." Property versus people is one of the underlying ideological differences between conservatives and progressives with conservatives favoring property rights over people's rights and progressives believing the opposite. A conservative would let a starving person die who could not pay for bread, while a progressive would take the bread from the producer without compensation to feed the hungry. The conservative approach is heatless while the progressive approach imposes unrealistic costs on producers.