I have listened to my husband, who is a statistician, but with a sound background in economics, and an economist friend explain to me how the Fed can simply print the money it needs, and it boggles my mind every time I listen to them. I can't be the only confused person.
But getting back to the greed motive. If the basic instinct is to survive, then competitiveness must be innate. Maybe what we compete on is relative to the society in which we live, or the social milieu in which we find ourselves. Greed, whether it be of money, land, power, etc. could be seen as an aid to survival. Ok, my brain is getting tired, but I must say, it's been a very interesting discussion.
Sure, greed like many other traits such as, hmmm, eating, is innate. And we all know what happens when you over eat. It's threatens your health, and as you continue getting fatter because of overeating, it eventually makes you feel asyou can't control your innate instinct to eat.
We all know we must be measured and disciplined in what we eat, how much, and time of day. And we see the pain, humiliation and often short lives of those who chronically over eat. Yet none of us are asking for govt intervention to create prime conditions for over eating.
Greed may have always been with us, but greed at this level is beyond toxic. It's murderous, genocidal. And it's harming the very systems that support life, the environment, the planet and the people.
If gov't will not intervene to stop greed, and they will not, some will take it into their hands to do the job that govt won't do.
RIP (but really, I hope you twist in hell for the evil you've done) Brian. I hope you'll have the company of your peers soon.
Yes, agree with you - all these human emotions/psychologies/behaviors are innate (greed, survival, competition, cooperation, altruism, caring, love, hate, anger, etc.). All are needed (in different ways and at different times) to aid in survival.
Think about this. Human evolution is slow. Greed didn't just suddenly evolve in humans when Capitalism came about. It has always existed (in some form/magnitude or another).
I have listened to my husband, who is a statistician, but with a sound background in economics, and an economist friend explain to me how the Fed can simply print the money it needs, and it boggles my mind every time I listen to them. I can't be the only confused person.
But getting back to the greed motive. If the basic instinct is to survive, then competitiveness must be innate. Maybe what we compete on is relative to the society in which we live, or the social milieu in which we find ourselves. Greed, whether it be of money, land, power, etc. could be seen as an aid to survival. Ok, my brain is getting tired, but I must say, it's been a very interesting discussion.
Sure, greed like many other traits such as, hmmm, eating, is innate. And we all know what happens when you over eat. It's threatens your health, and as you continue getting fatter because of overeating, it eventually makes you feel asyou can't control your innate instinct to eat.
We all know we must be measured and disciplined in what we eat, how much, and time of day. And we see the pain, humiliation and often short lives of those who chronically over eat. Yet none of us are asking for govt intervention to create prime conditions for over eating.
Greed may have always been with us, but greed at this level is beyond toxic. It's murderous, genocidal. And it's harming the very systems that support life, the environment, the planet and the people.
If gov't will not intervene to stop greed, and they will not, some will take it into their hands to do the job that govt won't do.
RIP (but really, I hope you twist in hell for the evil you've done) Brian. I hope you'll have the company of your peers soon.
Yes, agree with you - all these human emotions/psychologies/behaviors are innate (greed, survival, competition, cooperation, altruism, caring, love, hate, anger, etc.). All are needed (in different ways and at different times) to aid in survival.
Think about this. Human evolution is slow. Greed didn't just suddenly evolve in humans when Capitalism came about. It has always existed (in some form/magnitude or another).