What is greed? Do you think that greed is the condition of being never satisfied

@pormadi (1300)
Indonesia
September 16, 2009 4:06am CST
Do you think that greed is the condition of being never satisfied? I think greed is wanting everything. We want our desires to be satisfied, yet we do not want the emptiness that follows; we want the fulfillment that peace of mind brings us, yet we can not tolerate the loneiness of it. What is your comments?
4 responses
@airakumar (1553)
• India
16 Sep 09
Hi, Greed is a excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves. There are two forms of greed that are largely responsible for damaging the fabric of our society: "Financial Greed" and "Special Interest Greed." Financial Greed is driven by deep distortions about what creates fulfillment. Profiteering maintains that profitability justifies damaging people or the planet. Debtism places the responsibility on future generations to foot the bill for present excesses. Both are profoundly dysfunctional and unsustainable distortions of true capitalism. Special Interest Greed is wanting what I want regardless of its impact on the collectives of which I am a part (families, communities, businesses, countries and the global community). This includes everything from congressional lobbying to individuals expecting to be taken care of rather than being self-responsible, or feeling entitled to benefits without putting out the work to earn them. Another word for Special Interest Greed is "Narcissism."
@pormadi (1300)
• Indonesia
16 Sep 09
The most greed in our life is financial greed. Many countries do not get prosperity because of it. Am I right?
@airakumar (1553)
• India
16 Sep 09
Yes, you are absolutely right!
• United States
31 Mar 10
yes i do believe that greed is the condition of never being satisfied. i think you are right on the spot on that. i also think that many people who have alot of money or who would want to have alot of money would feel powerful in some way so that they could get what they want. or maybe they feel that they need whatever it is to live a life of luxury. i am not really too sure.
• United States
8 Oct 09
Greed is an unhealthy condition of wanting too much....and it isn't just a reference too money...greedy people can want too much power, fame, objects, women/men, FOOD, of course there is always money....I mean people can really be greedy for ANYTHING. And they'll do anything to get it--lie, cheat, scam, etc. And yes, I do think it has to do with never being satisfied. A satisfied person wouldn't be worried about getting more, more, more.
@EliteUser (3964)
• Australia
19 Sep 09
Hey, I think that greed is just a simple desire to have something and not being satisfied with what you have. I have some friends whose parents are really rich, and they live quite well, and yet their son steals a lot of things, that is called greed. He can't get enough of anything. Make sure you have a good day, Happy Lotting!!