Under absolutely no circumstances, Smith thought, should merchants be put in charge of politics. Their monopolistic conspiracies would be ‘destructive’ to all c

Under absolutely no circumstances, Smith thought, should merchants be put in charge of politics. Their monopolistic conspiracies would be ‘destructive’ to all countries ‘which have the misfortune to fall under their government’. Corporatism. The whole idea corporations are entities with free speech, and money being legally considered speech, in effect gives corporations a bigger voice than individuals. Humans have rights, citizens have some extra rights (mainly voting), corporations shouldn't have any political rights at all, nor does the state. Every right given to corporations or states is power taken away from individuals.