Invisible Hand and General Will

Some have proposed that as an organizing principle of a society, Smith's 'Invisible Hand' is influenced by an analogous concept introduced by another Hume ally--Rousseau's 'General Will'.  If so, then, while each may be trans-personal, it is Rousseau's idea that is better grounded in Humean methodology.  For, as has been previously discussed, even when stripped of its metaphorical features, Smith's image transgresses Empiricism, i. e. it presumes to express a 'law' that is inherent in social interaction.  In contrast, General Will can be derived from Universal Sympathy, which Hume accepts as a sense-datum.  So, a Smith-Rousseau comparison is perhaps disadvantageous to the former, highlighting the essential passivity entailed in his famous image.