It’s been a hot minute since I played it, but I remember a lot of his backstory is hidden behind player choices. You may have to play through multiple times or just look up spoilers to get the whole thing.

There was also a large influx of money as Europe rebuilt after WWII, but that also a one-time-thing.

Unless…

Adam Smasher is actually evil, yes. Anon is ignoring large swaths of backstory for this greentext, lol.