Adam Smith and Marx were both radically departing from what everything the monarchic hierarchies known as "government" in the Eurocentric world embodied until the early 19th century.
Je crois que le dernier monarque français et sa petite amie ont perdu la tête dans toute cette excitation.
Capitalism is nought but grab all the cookies and share none. A practical and sane "government" exists to regulate this natural human behavior.
@bland yeah the whole human nature argument is really an argument against capitalism and not for.
If it is indeed the case that humans naturally gravitate towards destructive tendencies then we need systems that help mitigate such behavior as opposed to encouraging it.