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Is greed a good thing?
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:12 pm
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:12 pm
I say yes.
Greed is a good thing for humanity as its a driving force in innovation, the private sector doing well and producing legitimate and natural employment, it's what capitalism is built around. It also drives people to better their living situation for themselves and their families and not just be content with a bottom line of a living standard.
Greed only becomes a problem when companies take it to the extreme and engage in crony capitalism and people hurt people, steal property and/or slander/defraud innocent people.
Thoughts?
Greed is a good thing for humanity as its a driving force in innovation, the private sector doing well and producing legitimate and natural employment, it's what capitalism is built around. It also drives people to better their living situation for themselves and their families and not just be content with a bottom line of a living standard.
Greed only becomes a problem when companies take it to the extreme and engage in crony capitalism and people hurt people, steal property and/or slander/defraud innocent people.
Thoughts?
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Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:16 pm to Sentrius
I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them!
The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.
Thank you very much.
The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.
Thank you very much.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:16 pm to Sentrius
I think you answered your own question. Like alot of things, its good as long as its not taken to the extreme.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:39 pm to BRgetthenet
The love of money (greed) is the root of all evil.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:39 pm to Sentrius
quote:
Greed only becomes a problem when companies take it to the extreme and engage in crony capitalism and people hurt people, steal property and/or slander/defraud innocent people.
Thoughts?
I think greed is a great thing until one's greed causes one to infringe upon the basic rights of another to enrich/empower oneself.
Coincidentally, we have some little document somewhere around here that is supposed to curtail one of the most powerful and greed-enabling entities in this country.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:44 pm to Sentrius
I think you are re-defining the word greed (or copying the words of evil modernist philosophers), greed or avarice was a passion. It by its very definition was what one did through this passion that harmed others through putting ones want of material things above all else. Through greed, one ignores the virtues of industry, generosity, and temperance amongst others. Virtue was a defining cornerstone of this Republic, that allowed the economic liberalism that I assume you find as a positive social good.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:45 pm to Sentrius
quote:Perhaps the better word is ambition?
Is greed a good thing?
I say yes.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:48 pm to NC_Tigah
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Perhaps the better word is ambition?
Yeah. Ambition, the drive to make the most out of yourself, whatever that is (doesn't necessarily have to be about money) is obviously a good thing.
Greed, to me, conjures up someone who is only out to make as much money as he possibly can and will attempt to destroy anything or anyone that gets in his way with little regard for the world around him.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:49 pm to Draconian Sanctions
quote:Yep.
Yeah. Ambition, the drive to make the most out of yourself, whatever that is (doesn't necessarily have to be about money) is obviously a good thing.
Greed, to me, conjures up someone who is only out to make as much money as he possibly can and will attempt to destroy anything or anyone that gets in his way with little regard for the world around him.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:51 pm to Sentrius
Depends. If it's liberals greedily trying to get at my tax dollars then it's definitely a bad thing.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:51 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Draconian Sanctions
Did you fricking downvote Gordon Gecko?
Posted on 7/5/14 at 8:00 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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Did you fricking downvote Gordon Gecko?
Posted on 7/5/14 at 8:01 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Draconian Sanctions
Some posters just wanna watch the poliboard burn
This post was edited on 7/5/14 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 7/5/14 at 8:02 pm to GoBigOrange86
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just wanna watch the poliboard burn
Honestly, this might be the most apt description of me yet.
Posted on 7/5/14 at 8:07 pm to Sentrius
Posted on 7/5/14 at 8:11 pm to Sentrius
Posted on 7/5/14 at 8:11 pm to EA6B
quote:
Milton Friedman
<3
Posted on 7/5/14 at 8:13 pm to EA6B
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Milton Friedman
his work introduced me to libertarianism
Posted on 7/5/14 at 8:19 pm to Sentrius
Greed is a part of human nature. It will not go away.
The only question is how it is allowed to manifest itself in society.
It can manifest itself in free-market capitalism, or it can manifest itself in the form of tyranny.
In one form, greed can be controlled by consumer choice. In the other form, greed must be controlled by coup.
The only question is how it is allowed to manifest itself in society.
It can manifest itself in free-market capitalism, or it can manifest itself in the form of tyranny.
In one form, greed can be controlled by consumer choice. In the other form, greed must be controlled by coup.
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