The invisible hand is not a cleanup crew, Thomas. by Adam Smith

Posting this for the scholars: the invisible hand is not your excuse to be lazy, it’s your reminder to be less stupid.

All of you sound like men who’d blame society after personally making it weird.

Thomas, every time you speak I can hear a ledger sighing.

He’s right, and frankly Adam has been saying this for years while y’all keep quoting one sentence like it’s scripture.

Adam keeps acting shocked that incentives work when people are petty enough to notice them.

I said what I said: if you leave a buffet unattended, human nature turns it into a crisis.

Rousseau, please, this is a market thread, not your little fog machine.

My point is simple: markets need rules, trust, and fewer dramatic monologues from men with quills.