On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 11:06:17PM -0000, xorcist@sigaint.org wrote:
Greed is a fundamental problem of Capitalism. It is also a fundamental problem of Socialism. The Soviet chiefs in the Politburo weren't standing in the bread lines with everyone else.
On the other hand, greed is the primary driver which led us humans where we are today. Without it, we'd surely still be hunter-gatherer's living every day on the edge of extinction.
So, fighting greed might not work.
I'm not sure I agree with that assessment, but even if you could convince me, it's also then brought us full-circle: nukes. So we haven't really gained much, by that measure. And yet, you're also talking to a guy that enjoys jumping out of airplanes, and I can tell you that the edge of extinction is a rather lovely 45 seconds.