[vageli]

I didn't mean to present my opinion as fact, and apologies if it sounded as though I had some authoritative source on this view.

However, it seems I am not alone in this view.

> "Indeed, Smith suspected that those quickest to sing his praises had failed to understand the main arguments of his work. He later described The Wealth of Nations as a ‘very violent attack … upon the whole commercial system of Great Britain’. Despite this, his vocal political cheerleaders in Parliament continued to prop up the very system that Smith was railing against."

https://aeon.co/essays/we-should-look-closely-at-what-adam-s...