Isn't greed a sensible impulse to build an economic system around? In what ways is greed good? bad?
Is Greed Good?
- Thread starter Straight Shooter
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Greed isn't good. Greed is the reason the world is like it is. People want things so they take them, they want more so they keep taking. Which makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. It's the basic starting point for wars, people want more territory so they take it, they want more oil they take it, more money they take it. I could go on but i think people get the point.
As far as building an economy around i'd say it was probably bad as well, but i'm not an expert on the economy.
As far as building an economy around i'd say it was probably bad as well, but i'm not an expert on the economy.
Greed is bad.
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Lacey Black
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“No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.”
P. J. O'Rourke (American political commentator,Journalist, Writer and Humorist, b.1947)
P. J. O'Rourke (American political commentator,Journalist, Writer and Humorist, b.1947)
SabrinaDeep
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Greed is bad even when it is about the love towards someone else. It's call possession, then; and if it's bad when related to love for others, it can't be good for anything else.
Greed is a good thing. Without greed, economies cannot flourish because greed is the engine of economic growth. Greed is what motivates entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders of business enterprises to take risks, to come up with new products, to enter new markets, to make their enterprises more efficient. By doing so they create companies, hire workers, provide new products, lower prices and amass the capital to continue their efforts
Without greed you wouldn't have the Macbook that you're using to read this post:2 cents:
Without greed you wouldn't have the Macbook that you're using to read this post:2 cents:
That' s the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard...Einstien was on of the greatest innovators and inventors in the history of man, and he was anything but greedy..
Not only is Greed bad...It is widely viewed as one of the worst possible attributes of mankind...as being viewed by the Church as one of the "Seven deadly Sins"...Where aopn committing your Soul goes straight to Hell....Perhaps you don't beleive in that sort of thing, but I certainly do.
Not only is Greed bad...It is widely viewed as one of the worst possible attributes of mankind...as being viewed by the Church as one of the "Seven deadly Sins"...Where aopn committing your Soul goes straight to Hell....Perhaps you don't beleive in that sort of thing, but I certainly do.
So you think Einstein did all of that out of the kindness of his heart, he didn't do any of it out of his own self-interest?
Freidman is a greedy sellout liar...Einstein wasn't even a capatalist,he was a Socialist http://monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/why-socialism....
Emassing obscene amounts of money was the furthest thing from his mind..., he loved, and lived for Science, not the greedy chase for power and money at all costs...
Emassing obscene amounts of money was the furthest thing from his mind..., he loved, and lived for Science, not the greedy chase for power and money at all costs...
LeyaFalcon
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No...greed means you are obsessed with money and it has taken priority over every aspect of your life. Money is good, the obsession with it is bad because when you're greddy no matter how much you get will be enough.
If greed means you're obsessed with money, then surely money is bad not good because it's the essence of the problem. It's people's nature to want greed that's why it's a sin, because it's the easy option. It's about wanting something that does not belong to them, that's what defines greed.
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
True, however giving a free life on various forms of welfare is equally bad. Bad is when government controls every aspect of your life and your pocket book. Generations of welfare with no intent whatsoevever to ever get off it will quite quickly ruin a society.
Yes, but too much of anything isn't good.
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