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John Turcot's avatar

"Greed is a PART of human behavior".... and human behavior is the result of survival needs, which makes greed take a back seat to optimal survival conditions. In answer to a question as to his desire to earn more billions, Ted Turner once said that he would never be poor.... or something close to that effect... implying that in his mind, 3 o4 billion bucks weren't quite enough to satisfy his fears... Was it greed, or feeling more secure??

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David Avenell's avatar

I'm not American but one of my American political heroes was Huey P. long with his slogan 'Every man a king'. He proposed that once anyone had more than a million dollars, the Govt should tax their brains out.

Needless to say, he was assassinated.

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Gail Shields's avatar

I think it was “delusion” !

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