"Greed" is in the eye of the beholder. Much like "fairness" it's whatever you want it to be. These moral judgmental expressions are all relative and have absolutely no meaning.
Someone living in Africa without running water could easily label the poorest bastard in America 'greedy.'
What is 'greed'? 'Greed' is masked envy. Nothing more, nothing less. When someone judges another person by their wealth, what they're really saying is, "boy, I wish I was smart or tall enough or fast enough enough to be like x" -- not realizing true wealth (happiness) and poverty (misery) are nothing more than polar opposite mindsets. Unfortunately, many people aren't that introspective. Instead, they adopt an immature attitude of denial, expecting society to help those who won't help themselves. Naturally, in order to remain firmly in denial tucked away in their little shell, they delude themselves into believing wealthy people acquired their wealth dishonestly -- or at least not in accordance to their subjective set of rules ('fairness' etc.).
Enter the nanny-state (FORCE) to "level the playing the field."
Punish the productive and reward the idle? When the hell has that ever worked? And how well does such a utopian philosophy interact with human nature? Answer: it doesn't.
Memo to liberals: Humans were programmed to be 'greedy' -- always striving to achieve more and never satisfied. If we weren't blessed with the "greed gland" Americans wouldn't have gone from horse and buggy to landing astronauts on the moon in a single lifetime. Free societies are always pushing the envelope -- always striving for better and faster toward the next frontier.
On the other hand, big government, freedom sapping, wealth destroying 'fair' societies eventually flounder. Ask the French how well their backward economic system has served them in this increasingly efficient and competitive ('greedy') global economy? (Meet their new American president: Nicolas Sarkozy.)
Democrats are cut from the same cloth -- the same philosophy of 'fairness.' They are addicted to envious, divisive class warfare terms such "fair share," "greed," "the rich," "two Americas," "social justice" etc. because it massages their pitiful misguided self-righteous egos. And because we live in a democracy...well.. misery loves company. Miserable and angry people will vote for the guy who most closely share their meaningless, subjective definition of 'fairness' and 'greed' and "social justice"....
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." -- Karl Marx.
As I keep telling my faithful conservative friends, if we can just get past this Gorebull Warming© hump with limited damage, we can bury the socialist revolution once and for all.
Someone living in Africa without running water could easily label the poorest bastard in America 'greedy.'
What is 'greed'? 'Greed' is masked envy. Nothing more, nothing less. When someone judges another person by their wealth, what they're really saying is, "boy, I wish I was smart or tall enough or fast enough enough to be like x" -- not realizing true wealth (happiness) and poverty (misery) are nothing more than polar opposite mindsets. Unfortunately, many people aren't that introspective. Instead, they adopt an immature attitude of denial, expecting society to help those who won't help themselves. Naturally, in order to remain firmly in denial tucked away in their little shell, they delude themselves into believing wealthy people acquired their wealth dishonestly -- or at least not in accordance to their subjective set of rules ('fairness' etc.).
Enter the nanny-state (FORCE) to "level the playing the field."
Punish the productive and reward the idle? When the hell has that ever worked? And how well does such a utopian philosophy interact with human nature? Answer: it doesn't.
Memo to liberals: Humans were programmed to be 'greedy' -- always striving to achieve more and never satisfied. If we weren't blessed with the "greed gland" Americans wouldn't have gone from horse and buggy to landing astronauts on the moon in a single lifetime. Free societies are always pushing the envelope -- always striving for better and faster toward the next frontier.
On the other hand, big government, freedom sapping, wealth destroying 'fair' societies eventually flounder. Ask the French how well their backward economic system has served them in this increasingly efficient and competitive ('greedy') global economy? (Meet their new American president: Nicolas Sarkozy.)
Democrats are cut from the same cloth -- the same philosophy of 'fairness.' They are addicted to envious, divisive class warfare terms such "fair share," "greed," "the rich," "two Americas," "social justice" etc. because it massages their pitiful misguided self-righteous egos. And because we live in a democracy...well.. misery loves company. Miserable and angry people will vote for the guy who most closely share their meaningless, subjective definition of 'fairness' and 'greed' and "social justice"....
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." -- Karl Marx.
As I keep telling my faithful conservative friends, if we can just get past this Gorebull Warming© hump with limited damage, we can bury the socialist revolution once and for all.
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