Thanks for trying. Still, You missed something key: I never said anything about Mao. I’m referring to the Harmonious Society doctrine that emerged in the early

Thanks for trying. Still, You missed something key: I never said anything about Mao. I’m referring to the Harmonious Society doctrine that emerged in the early 2000s. Right at the time when China made massive market reforms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonious_Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonious_Society > For Bastiat, he was not interested in harmony but in wealth generated from private enterprise competing in the market system You obviously haven’t read his final book. For that matter, you should read the works of Francis Hutcheson, Adam Smith’s PhD advisor, chair of moral philosophy. Specifically his emphasis on beauty and harmony. This might give context to why Smith pursued the directions he did: both of Smith’s books were about why people make moral actions.