Do you want to live in a society ruled by those who love to dominate others? In this post economist Timothy Taylor discusses Adam Smith’s analysis that those who pursue domination are not working in their own best interests (let alone in the best interests of the people they seek to dominate).

What do those who operate as if they should always be in a dominating relationship toward others believe about those others? If you live in a context where those who would dominate are at the apex of power, do you want those who desire domination to believe those things about you? Do you think the beliefs the would be dominators have about you are correct?