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defacto7

(13,485 posts)
85. I certainly can agree that the origin
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 02:08 PM
Feb 2014

of greed is fear of deprivation, but there is an type of greed that has developed in recent centuries and is very common and expanding having little or nothing to do with fear. This greed is sociopathic and those who possess it have no apathy or guilt neither do they fear loss or concern for their property. They find pleasure or at least a passive peace in knowing others fear them and depend on them. They may even find it entertaining in knowing others envy their possessions. These types are mostly at the highest levels of world economic dominance but more recently are all across the spectrum from middle wealth to the highest.
If they were posed with loss it's possible they could digress to fear but actually it's unlikely because they wouldn't be able to comprehend it.

That's the most dangerous and unyielding type of greed. It has no interest in average people except as part of their possessions. It's an increasing phenomenon unfortunately and dominant in upper banking, corporate and background political controls. In America and also the Middle East, there are some religious systems that promote it through the idea that they are chosen of their deity to be in a position of power therefore they fear no man.

Greed has evolved beyond its origin.

speaking of Caracas... alp227 Feb 2014 #1
Damn straight. truebluegreen Feb 2014 #2
And damn straight again! Great post. DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2014 #23
No. babylonsister Feb 2014 #3
your post made me smile. Adam051188 Feb 2014 #10
I hear you Isoldeblue Feb 2014 #117
THAT... Is A Great Story !!! WillyT Feb 2014 #124
Thanks, Willy Isoldeblue Feb 2014 #126
The people who run this planet = about 85 families. El_Johns Feb 2014 #4
It is only the police standing in between us and them. They need to locked up asap. glinda Feb 2014 #44
Standing between us? Aerows Feb 2014 #95
there are so few of them questionseverything Feb 2014 #91
Do you have a link for the names of those you think run the planet? JDPriestly Feb 2014 #92
... El_Johns Feb 2014 #97
Did I miss it? I did not see a list. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #106
They derived the info from the Forbes "richest" list. Though I suspect it misses a lot. El_Johns Feb 2014 #107
+10000 Add the purchased media and the propaganda machine, woo me with science Feb 2014 #5
Thank You For That !!! WillyT Feb 2014 #9
El Johns is pretty close defacto7 Feb 2014 #26
Thanks for cheering me up Armstead Feb 2014 #45
LOL defacto7 Feb 2014 #47
Exactly, see even here, the supporters of the Right Wing in Venezuela working to destabilize the sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #37
Well said. n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #53
Is it just me Aerows Feb 2014 #102
Whoa! That's middle management pscot Feb 2014 #109
The Sheep Look Up Fumesucker Feb 2014 #6
TY DeSwiss Feb 2014 #14
Awesome book!!! grahamhgreen Feb 2014 #50
Just hangin' on for the revolution. Lifelong Protester Feb 2014 #7
You know what I think when I look at those pictures? LuvNewcastle Feb 2014 #69
Me too! Lifelong Protester Feb 2014 #88
me too! LittleGirl Feb 2014 #90
That was a blatant smackdown Isoldeblue Feb 2014 #123
It's GLOBILIZATION...WILLY T! And WE DEMOCRATS VOTED FOR IT! KoKo Feb 2014 #8
+32497875948758974973492482956957032478394958023489739473473 Adam051188 Feb 2014 #11
We did enable it, but have you noticed, people are changing, they are no longer willing to sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #38
Thats a real dilemma Armstead Feb 2014 #46
Maybe...., But Really Not gussmith Feb 2014 #63
How would 'anti-globalization' be structured? Would there be no protests in Bangkok, pampango Feb 2014 #55
How far along was globalization in 1968? Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #60
Good example, Art_from_Ark. Thanks. pampango Feb 2014 #64
K&R DeSwiss Feb 2014 #12
Thank You For That !!! WillyT Feb 2014 #18
All in. First time poster. Long time 1NiceShark Feb 2014 #13
Welcome To DU 1NiceShark !!! WillyT Feb 2014 #19
Thanks! 1NiceShark Feb 2014 #27
Not often do I get a chance to welcome on the first post. zeemike Feb 2014 #22
Thanks bro! 1NiceShark Feb 2014 #31
As a recent, also longtime lurker - raven mad Feb 2014 #84
The money interests are the ones to blame for everything. Initech Feb 2014 #15
i have to unrec this frwrfpos Feb 2014 #16
True. Greed is the enemy. defacto7 Feb 2014 #28
Greed is a reflex based on the fear of being deprived. ladjf Feb 2014 #77
I certainly can agree that the origin defacto7 Feb 2014 #85
Beautifully stated. Thanks. nt ladjf Feb 2014 #104
It seems to me that greed Isoldeblue Feb 2014 #125
Raleigh... with the Kochsuckers and Art Pope pulling the strings in North Carolina. WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2014 #17
Yep put me on the sick and tired of it list. zeemike Feb 2014 #20
Any helpful suggestions? Isoldeblue Feb 2014 #128
No not really. zeemike Feb 2014 #131
Washington D.C. et all of the above kairos12 Feb 2014 #21
Hiya! City Lights Feb 2014 #24
Kind of Apples and Oranges comparison, because the DNA of each protest is not the same. Fred Sanders Feb 2014 #25
Fucking sick of some of the couldn'tcareless fuckers who float barbaric leaders' money around, too. ancianita Feb 2014 #29
Put me on that list. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #30
Check Jack Rabbit Feb 2014 #32
It has happened more than once Coyotl Feb 2014 #41
y tambien . . . Jack Rabbit Feb 2014 #49
The first indigenous President of an European state in the Americas. Coyotl Feb 2014 #98
I'm not tired, I'm EXHAUSTED by the frigging idiots doing such a lousy job of running this planet! democratisphere Feb 2014 #33
Right now I'm asking the same question Chomsky asks... jimlup Feb 2014 #34
Great Question... WillyT Feb 2014 #35
Checking in too. 2naSalit Feb 2014 #36
Right there with ya! adirondacker Feb 2014 #39
Indeed. I can't possibly be the only one 2naSalit Feb 2014 #40
Narcissism is the new rage. I loved the name of the band Me Me and the Gimmee Gimmees. adirondacker Feb 2014 #42
Politicians have RUINED the world and politicians will END the world. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2014 #43
Or, you could say that the people that paid off the politicians ruined ladjf Feb 2014 #78
Taking the money would have been a choice the politicians could have walked away from. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2014 #96
I wasn't disagreeing with your statement. I just felt like ladjf Feb 2014 #105
District 3, District 6 and District 8 Ichingcarpenter Feb 2014 #48
Add my name to the list. SamKnause Feb 2014 #51
What really makes anyone think dotymed Feb 2014 #66
Same here. We desperately need more Bernies and Isoldeblue Feb 2014 #129
K&R! I'm with you, WillyT! Enthusiast Feb 2014 #52
Hard to tell the good, genuine protesters from those disparaged by the right and/or left. pampango Feb 2014 #54
The oligarchs scoff at us all liberal N proud Feb 2014 #56
They have been so successful for so long the have become very ladjf Feb 2014 #79
du rec. xchrom Feb 2014 #57
Add an Occupy photo malaise Feb 2014 #58
Second that marions ghost Feb 2014 #59
Wisconsin .... Scuba Feb 2014 #61
Nice! pampango Feb 2014 #65
Hey! I see myself! In the red jacket! Lifelong Protester Feb 2014 #89
I saw you there, recall it well. Scuba Feb 2014 #101
Thanks for the validation...and I really had a red jacket on Lifelong Protester Feb 2014 #133
Damn Skippy! RedRoses323 Feb 2014 #62
I'm Shaking the Bush Boss....Checking In....Punch My Ticket, Ready to Rock & Roll... bkanderson76 Feb 2014 #67
You forgot the webmasters! malthaussen Feb 2014 #68
If we're ever going to be visited by the benevolent Aliens, now would be a good time. LuvNewcastle Feb 2014 #70
And that power that people took for themselves went on even into the 1830's. truedelphi Feb 2014 #110
Kiev/Ukraine is just a pawn in a proxy war, imho saidsimplesimon Feb 2014 #71
People are now getting information and education PumpkinAle Feb 2014 #72
I can put a + here heaven05 Feb 2014 #73
I Share Your Concerns... Check This Out: WillyT Feb 2014 #112
Red Nine JackInGreen Feb 2014 #74
checking in Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #75
K&R raouldukelives Feb 2014 #76
+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! WillyT Feb 2014 #113
Truly, we are ruled by crooks - ruthless criminals and their smiling servants. kenny blankenship Feb 2014 #80
the scum rises NJCher Feb 2014 #81
I, for one, love and welcome our Plutarch Overlords. Zorra Feb 2014 #82
Should be one for the USA from last weekend. Dustlawyer Feb 2014 #83
I'm tired of all the people in power. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #86
Count me in, as well. raven mad Feb 2014 #87
Hi bobthedrummer Feb 2014 #93
I'm there arikara Feb 2014 #94
For quite a while now Willy Phlem Feb 2014 #99
and our turn comes..... BrainDrain Feb 2014 #100
Pretty damn sick of it all. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #103
Yes get the red out Feb 2014 #108
K & R x1mm! n/t liam_laddie Feb 2014 #111
Sadly, protests in the US at least don't seem to help. bigwillq Feb 2014 #114
The boys at Langley sulphurdunn Feb 2014 #115
I'm with you. onethatcares Feb 2014 #116
WillyT… I hear you, and I was a local official, which explains why I no longer am one... MrMickeysMom Feb 2014 #118
Thank You For That MrMickeysMom !!! - And For Your Commitment !!! WillyT Feb 2014 #119
Thanks for the thanks, WillyT... MrMickeysMom Feb 2014 #120
I read about this in the 60's, Isoldeblue Feb 2014 #121
The question is whether the Planet is sick of us jmondine Feb 2014 #122
It's heartbreaking to watch our country and the planet being destroyed... polichick Feb 2014 #127
I HATE THEM every asshole on your list undergroundpanther Feb 2014 #130
Yes - generally speaking, the people who want to have power are by definition unsafe to hold power LeftishBrit Feb 2014 #132
heh Zorra Feb 2014 #134
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