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Originally Posted by CityOfAngels
Wow. That was an article in itself, and a very interesting one at that.  Thank you VERY much for your input, smooth.
Is greed built-in human behavior, or is it learned? Can it be unlearned? Or more specifically: SHOULD it be unlearned? Why have we accepted capitalism as the best we can come up with?
Oh yeah smooth; I've been back for a small while, but I come off and on. It just depends on how busy I am. I have a week off work right now so I've been able to spend more time here with you all. |
Greed, or more importantly, selfishness, is innate and cannot be fully unlearned. We have not accepted capitalism, but rather decided that it is sufficient to the point where we allow ourselves to be too lazy to actively fight it. It's not so bad that we feel the need to fight it, as a whole collective society.
Likewise, we also have the innate ability to be selfless and altruistically heroic. There are those among us who are willing to fight and die for what they believe to be right. There are those who actively work against systems currently in place in order to help the reality we have built around us evolve into a better reality. This group isn't reflected in the common man, but then again, no revolution really ever is.