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I could point out a few but I’m currently partying. Here’s my favorite and tell me if it is close enough to convince you “People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.”
He continues to say that any attempt to prevent it would be either ineffective or cause the monopoly itself. He gives as examples the regulations of “making a registry with name and address of every tradesman makes it easier for them to congregate” and “the requirement to make a retirement fund makes congregation a necessity”. Praphrasing
He also advocated for free education, free clothing. People want to pain adam smith as an extremist, but having read him a couple of ties, he'd be considered a centrist today.