'Greed is good' - who actually said this and does it have any truth? (dictator, leader)

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by Kenneth-Kaunda;29253206[B

'Greed is good' - who actually said this and does it have any truth?[/b] ]

Btw, who said it was Gordon Gekko, from the movie Wall Street, (the original)

[Clintone]

Originally Posted by Kenneth-Kaunda

NO they haven't.

They have just enabled corrupt dictators.

How?

[Clintone]

Originally Posted by Clintone

How?

Okay, here's one way:

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[Gtownoe]

Greed is NOT good. With that said, striving to make more money is not a bad thing. It's the excess thats bad. Never having enough.

From a spiritual standpoint its bad because it would mean that human beings would essentially consume the planet or kill off each other.


Greed - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than is needed

[Gtownoe]

If your greedy your never going to be satisfied.

It's better to know what your heart truly desires and then go after that.

[carterstamp]

'Greed is good' - who actually said this and does it have any truth?

Answer to your first question: Gordon Gecko.

Answer to your second question: It depends on what greed leads to. If it leads to complete disregard for the lives and rights of others, then no.

[MTAtech]

Originally Posted by pghquest

The 250,000 employees of Warren Buffet and Bill Gates I'm sure are glad for their jobs.. Are you saying they'd be better off unemployed and on welfare?

Demand from the populous creates jobs, not the benevolence of billionaires.

[jimhcom]

Rational greed is good, irrational greed is not.
The difference in the two is that a rational person understands that in order for themselves to thrive, others must thrive also. The irrational person does not understand this and wants to succeed at the demise of others.

The universal truth that few are able to admit is that everyone acts in their own best interest all the time. For some that means acting rationally, and for others it means acting irrationally, but in both cases, they both believe their actions will result in their own interests being served.

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by MTAtech

Demand from the populous creates jobs, not the benevolence of billionaires.

One cant become a billionaire without offering jobs and filling a demand.

But what your now admitting is that its not GOVERNMENT that creates jobs.. So why the hell do you pretend it is on every other thread?

[EddieB.Good]

The European middle ages was rife w/ lax regulation, lax labor laws, and greed out the wazoo. The only thing that came out of that was war, rebellion, and religion's stranglehold on "morality"