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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41491 Gender:	Greed is good Jun 26^th, 2012 at 10:54pm Greed is great
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Dsmithy70 Gold Member Offline ire futuis vobismetipsis Posts: 13147 Newy Gender:	Re: Greed is good Reply #1 - Jun 26^th, 2012 at 10:57pm Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 10:54pm: Greed is great ONYA Gordon
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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26588 Australia	Re: Greed is good Reply #2 - Jun 27^th, 2012 at 5:57am Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 10:54pm: Greed is great I thought it was one of the "sins" ? SOB
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Ex Dame Pansi Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 24168	Re: Greed is good Reply #3 - Jun 27^th, 2012 at 7:04am Greed is great, you can end up looking like Clive and Gina. Who wouldn't want that healthy glow?
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jay82 New Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 14 Gender:	Re: Greed is good Reply #4 - Jun 29^th, 2012 at 7:59pm Greed is a curse!
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hawil Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1345	Re: Greed is good Reply #5 - Jun 29^th, 2012 at 8:10pm Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 10:54pm: Greed is great Maybe some greed is defensible, because it promotes drive, but in the end it gets out of hand and turns out to be very harmful to society.
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BatteriesNotIncluded Gold Member Offline MediocrityNET: because people died for this! Posts: 26966	Re: Greed is good Reply #6 - Jul 2^nd, 2012 at 12:44am Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 26^th, 2012 at 10:54pm: Greed is great -->greed is yehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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Kat Gold Member Offline Socialism IS the answer. Posts: 17709 Everywhere and no-where Gender:	Re: Greed is good Reply #7 - Jul 2^nd, 2012 at 12:58am Of all the things that greed may be, good is NOT one of them. In fact, it stands directly responsible for most of what's wrong with the world.
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Re: Greed is good
Reply #8 - Jul 9^th, 2012 at 11:40pm

Is greed all bad and no good?

Without greed, the world would be stagnant and mediocre. Greed drives people beyond mediocrity. Making more money than your competitors means you have to sell something better than your competitors. If people didn't want to make money, they'd make crap.

It's like the movie, "The Invention of Lying." In the movie, everyone except for the protagonist tells the truth. Imagine a world without greed -- "The Invention of Greed."

Of course, greed often exploits stupidity. That's the downside of greed. The upside is that it can motivate people to produce something useful, invent something or come up with ideas that are insightful. Greed is good when it is constructive and productive and bad when it cuts corners and exploits stupidity.

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Sir Spot of Borg

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Re: Greed is good
Reply #9 - Jul 10^th, 2012 at 8:07am

Mnemonic wrote on Jul 9^th, 2012 at 11:40pm:

Is greed all bad and no good?

Without greed, the world would be stagnant and mediocre. Greed drives people beyond mediocrity. Making more money than your competitors means you have to sell something better than your competitors. If people didn't want to make money, they'd make crap.

It's like the movie, "The Invention of Lying." In the movie, everyone except for the protagonist tells the truth. Imagine a world without greed -- "The Invention of Greed."

Of course, greed often exploits stupidity. That's the downside of greed. The upside is that it can motivate people to produce something useful, invent something or come up with ideas that are insightful. Greed is good when it is constructive and productive and bad when it cuts corners and exploits stupidity.

Haha if money doesnt come into it then the ppl that make things would make them for the love of making them and they would be LESS crap than for money crap for money crap is crap - cheaply made from poor workmanship.

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Re: Greed is good
Reply #10 - Jul 10^th, 2012 at 8:45am

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Haha if money doesnt come into it then the ppl that make things would make them for the love of making them and they would be LESS crap than for money crap for money crap is crap - cheaply made from poor workmanship.

Yes I agree that the best things in this world have been created where greed has not been the motivating factor.

Who would bother being a scientist, physicist, mathematician, artist..etc. in this country, but for the love of understanding and creating?

Developing ideas is all well and good, but the exploitation of people creates nothing but contempt and wars.

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