![]() ![]() ![]() Still following Smith, it is also wise to attend to the “vile maxim” to which the “masters of mankind” are dedicated: “All for ourselves and nothing for other people”-a doctrine known otherwise as bitter and incessant class war, often one-sided, much to the detriment of the people of the home country and the world. We cannot gain a realistic understanding of who rules the world while ignoring the “masters of mankind,” as Adam Smith called them: in his day, the merchants and manufacturers of England in ours, multinational conglomerates, huge financial institutions, retail empires, and the like. That is true even for the more democratic societies, and obviously for others. ![]() States of course have complex internal structures, and the choices and decisions of the political leadership are heavily influenced by internal concentrations of power, while the general population is often marginalized. ![]()
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