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Waychel · Dec 12, 2003, 03:49 pm

IMO greed is a basic human drive because it is an aspect of competitiveness as well as self-interest. As children, we throw temper tantrums to get things and always want all the cookies in the jar instead of one. Our parents are who dicipline us and teach us values such as sharing. So in actuality, the perspective that greed is a bad trait of the human condition that should be eliminated is one that is impressed upon us by society through our philosophy. I do not believe that we are ignorant of it and that it is impressed upon us by the capitalist conditions as others do.

I also believe that list can be compressed from 4 traits into one:

1) Success - To succeed is to survive
2) Love - Love is to reproduce, which is to ensure the survival of the species
3) Understanding - Better understanding your environment is to better adapt to and survive in it
4) Survivial - They all come to this

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Waychel Supercalifragilistic Posts: 431	IMO greed is a basic human drive because it is an aspect of competitiveness as well as self-interest. As children, we throw temper tantrums to get things and always want all the cookies in the jar instead of one. Our parents are who dicipline us and teach us values such as sharing. So in actuality, the perspective that greed is a bad trait of the human condition that should be eliminated is one that is impressed upon us by society through our philosophy. I do not believe that we are ignorant of it and that it is impressed upon us by the capitalist conditions as others do. I also believe that list can be compressed from 4 traits into one: 1) Success - To succeed is to survive 2) Love - Love is to reproduce, which is to ensure the survival of the species 3) Understanding - Better understanding your environment is to better adapt to and survive in it 4) Survivial - They all come to this Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.