Jeff Koterba's latest cartoon: Some monsters are real

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4. Unbridled greed arises from the need for safety

If you've grown up wealthy and haven't experienced any of the ordinary challenges of life, you may become stuck in a pre-adolescent state that demands absolute safety, requiring more and more wealth, or guns, or gods, or brutal leaders to ensure it. Most people go through a period of transition that begins with rebellion to authority and continues through to a reluctant acceptance of the hero's duty, which is to protect the innocent. That is the only path to bliss. People who have not followed that path are condemned to an endless twilight of childhood, with feelings of vulnerability and a strong resentment of those who deserve their protection: "Why should I worry about scared children? I'm a scared child myself!" Did I answer your question?