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From: Urion on 12 Feb 2010 20:09 On Feb 13, 2:44 am, Uncle Al <Uncle...(a)hate.spam.net> wrote: > "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." Greed to a certain extent is good and is part of human nature. Without a certain level of greed there would be no progress in any sector of society. But again, anything in excess is bad and the current system takes individual greed a bit too far. Some multibillionaires like Bill Gates have 50 billion dollar net worth and that is more than they will ever need but many other people in Africa and in Haiti are allowed to die off because they are forced to live on less than 1 dollar a day. That is a good example of human greed taken to extremes and that is a bad thing.
From: Andrew Usher on 13 Feb 2010 10:04 Uncle Al wrote: > Third quarter 2010: Private ARM reset again, commercial real estate > collapse; disastrous harvest corn, soybeans, potatoes (Black '47); > collapse of the three front Muslim war, collapse of healthcare, > collapse of government minority make-work hiring at all levels; China > declines to attend Treasury paper auctions; collapse of Welfare and > Social Security. Cities burn. Finis. And that's an example of the success of capitalism? Andrew Usher
From: Andrew Usher on 13 Feb 2010 10:15 Urion wrote: > Greed to a certain extent is good and is part of human nature. Without > a certain level of greed there would be no progress in any sector of > society. I wouldn't say that. There would be less, to be sure. > But again, anything in excess is bad and the current system takes > individual greed a bit too far. Some multibillionaires like Bill Gates > have 50 billion dollar net worth and that is more than they will ever > need but many other people in Africa and in Haiti are allowed to die > off because they are forced to live on less than 1 dollar a day. That > is a good example of human greed taken to extremes and that is a bad > thing. Bill Gates is not a good example of greed. Sure, he has gotten more wealth than any man ought to have, but not by being particularly greedy, just particularly lucky. Goldman Sachs, for example, is a much better example of greed. Andrew Usher
From: Andrew Usher on 13 Feb 2010 10:21 Urion wrote: > Greed to a certain extent is good and is part of human nature. Without > a certain level of greed there would be no progress in any sector of > society. I wouldn't say that. There would be less, to be sure. > But again, anything in excess is bad and the current system takes > individual greed a bit too far. Some multibillionaires like Bill Gates > have 50 billion dollar net worth and that is more than they will ever > need but many other people in Africa and in Haiti are allowed to die > off because they are forced to live on less than 1 dollar a day. That > is a good example of human greed taken to extremes and that is a bad > thing. Bill Gates is not a good example of greed. Sure, he has gotten more wealth than any man ought to have, but not by being particularly greedy, just particularly lucky. Goldman Sachs, for example, is a much better example of greed. Andrew Usher
From: Andrew Usher on 13 Feb 2010 15:32
THE BORG wrote: > Speaking of these kind of "elite" or "ruling classes" how do > you feel about The Illuminati? They don't exist. I'm sure the real elites are fine with us believing in junk like that, though. Andrew Usher |