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2451197 No.2451197 [Reply] [Original]

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

>> No.2451208

I see someone just watched Wall Street and missed the message of the movie.

>> No.2451213

Every time I see a starving homeless guy I thank greed.

>> No.2451234
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2451234

REALLY? whoa weird

>> No.2451235

Greed doesn't work when it contributes to the destruction of the organism's environment.
reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer

>> No.2451245

OP is a fag again..
greed is what will be the destruction of this planet. It brings about power-hungry corrupt people, it destroys the environment, its what continues to expand the gap between the rich and the poor.

>> No.2451261

>>2451245


And you are doomed to being forever alone.

>> No.2451690

>>2451197

At least someone else has it right.

For everyone else who has been duped into believing that greed is evil, I suggest you google "fransisco's money speech". It may clarify some things for you.

tl;dr: It is an act of pure greed to continue living. To have ambition is the most base kind of greed.

>> No.2451705

>>2451690
Consuming resources at all is obviously greedy. But, as conscious beings, we can moderate the amount we consume. It's possible for people to actually work together and be happy, rather than just steal and exploit each other continuously.

>> No.2451708

Good = a net gain in the aggregate happiness of humanity

Greed = exploiting others, and multiple others, for one's own gain, thereby reducing the happiness of multiple people for one, thereby leading to a drop in aggregate happiness.

This is why we have organized labour, to shield against fucktards like OP.

>> No.2451719

>>2451690
>It is an act of pure greed to continue living.

Bullshit.
Greed is not the same thing as self interest.

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2451722

>>2451708
>he believes he can compare interpersonal utility
lol

>> No.2451726

>>2451719
Greed is the consistent application of self interest

>> No.2451737

>>2451722

>He believes humans don't have the same brains as other humans, and that humans must percieve things differently because herp derp argument from ignorance.

>> No.2451755

>>2451197
The word you are looking for is competition.

>> No.2451774

I someone points a gun at my wife and tries to shoot her, would I be greedy (specifically for sex) if I tried to stop him?

>> No.2451791

>>2451726
>Greed is the consistent application of self interest

Nonsense.
Greed is the illusionary pursuit of self interest to the point that it actually begins to interfere with the reality of your self interest. For example a man who drowns because he is weighted down by a sack of gold he refuses to let go of as he tries to cross a river.

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2451816

>mfw this thread