Barter. Individual, Society

According to Hobbes, social relations are by inherently antagonistic.  In sharp contrast, Locke regards the association with others as naturally an occasion for personal enhancement.  Now, Smith's concept of human nature is Lockeian--Barter is for an individual not a constraint on 'freedom', but an opportunity for growth, on the basis of which increase in both general well-being and general wealth are systematically possible.  However, contemporary Capitalism is more pervasively Hobbesian--Individual vs. Collective is accepted as an ontological conflict, and personal wealth has eclipsed national wealth as the primary goal.