I've been giving this subject some thought for a while. And greed is actually good. Even being too greedy. Greed is good because everyone is made up of greed. Everything in our life is based on greed. Greed has given us everything. Why are we so smart? Because we knew that if we became smarter, we could get better jobs, and with better jobs comes better money. The life we know makes us believe that we should not have greed, when greed is everything we have. The life we know is all on greed. The life we know would crumble without it. There isn't any bad greed. Being to greedy is how you learn to be independent, which our whole government is based on. Some people want everyone to be generous to each other. That's impossible. But you can't be generous without greed. You have to be generous to someone who is greedy. If everyone was generous and wasn't greedy, who could we be generous to? You would think there was a good greed. Like having a second child. Not really. How would you benefit from having a child? They just make you lose money and give you a hard time. But you were greedy. You were old, and wanted something to be proud of, a child, so you have evidence of what a person you are. You wanted something else to have that won't forget you so they could pass around the story of you. People who have children die greedy. But really, how successful your child is not your own doing. They chose not to get you mad by not listening to you. They chose to go to school than just cut class and get pregnant. Because they were greedy. They knew that school would lead to success. You can't be forced to do anything. Like if your life was on the line, you could die instead of doing that other thing. But they were greedy for their life because we made it that far, that you had a good life. And, greed has made us believe that to live is the only option. That quote, "Every man for himself." is what we live on.
L 0 S U R R · Sat May 24, 2008 @ 03:10pm · 0 Comments |