Reagan was an actor, and not really what you'd call ideologically consistent.

I think we can all agree that while Adam Smith is the writer, the interpretation that has taken over the world is distinctly not making the case that it's better than monarchy, but rather akin to god.

"When big disasters hit, people tend to help each other more than fuck each other over."

Public pariah for the rest of your life? Citation please.

All you need is Nation Builder and the pedant juggernaut could be born. And then exploited for data mining.