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WhaTHellsgoingonhere

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31. No. You can't lump it in with mental illness because...

Reply to hifiguy (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2016, 11:07 AM

Feb 2016

it doesn't fit the criteria.

It's the product of social mores. Egalitarian societies got wiped out. Greed is a behavioral product of hierarchical or capitalistic societies.

My guess is you're asking, do greedy people have a personality disorder? That's the correct question. Narcissistic, Sociopathic. Now we're talking. But greed is a symptom, not a disorder.

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Is it finally time for greed to be treated as a mental illness? [View all] hifiguy Feb 2016 OP

It is worth looking into... JPnoodleman Feb 2016 #1

I think it's the same mental glitch that makes people hoard cats, hifiguy Feb 2016 #3

Indeed, even a life of intense hedonism and or big projects... JPnoodleman Feb 2016 #7

yes, with an intervention grasswire Feb 2016 #2

Civilization is a resource concentration mechanism The2ndWheel Feb 2016 #4

Wealth, Power and Influence aught come with some degree of responsibility. /nt JPnoodleman Feb 2016 #8

And yet societies with the greatest concentrations of wealth thucythucy Feb 2016 #32

Most definitely. I've said this for years Dems to Win Feb 2016 #5

Actually, when it has such a negative impact on society as a whole, I think it should smirkymonkey Feb 2016 #6

whatever goes up shanti Feb 2016 #9

the greedy are parasites olddots Feb 2016 #10

I am uncertain if it is a mental illness peasant one Feb 2016 #11

Who was it again who said thucythucy Feb 2016 #33

And not as a virtue burrowowl Feb 2016 #12

If so, there were a lot of long lines of Powerball players a couple of weeks ago, Nye Bevan Feb 2016 #13

Nope. The kind of greed I am referring to hifiguy Feb 2016 #14

Ah. So it's really the "lying, cheating, and stealing" that is the mental disorder here, Nye Bevan Feb 2016 #16

I too pretend that greed is same thing as desperation LanternWaste Feb 2016 #25

It's the system. moondust Feb 2016 #15

Greed Is Good. sir pball Feb 2016 #17

Yes. It's an obsession. nt bemildred Feb 2016 #18

No, someone will try to apply "greed" to explain their crimes. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2016 #19

Works for me! nt raccoon Feb 2016 #20

Yes, of course, probably related to OCD Trailrider1951 Feb 2016 #21

Dopamine: Politics, Religion, and Power Donkees Feb 2016 #22

We would have to treat one whole wing of the GOP (the establishment 'greed' wing) as mentally ill. pampango Feb 2016 #23

Ask your doctor if Avarist is right enough for you! Octafish Feb 2016 #24

Any one with over a billion is seriously ill randr Feb 2016 #26

Could it be OkSustainAg Feb 2016 #27

I think so. Probably related to OCD. hifiguy Feb 2016 #35

Living in a resort area we see first hand how the rich spend. mountain grammy Feb 2016 #28

Time to lock up all the rich. ileus Feb 2016 #29

Long overdue eom NowSam Feb 2016 #30

No. You can't lump it in with mental illness because... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Feb 2016 #31

Interesting point. NT thucythucy Feb 2016 #34

Are you kidding? leftyladyfrommo Feb 2016 #36

Greed is a social disease. GeorgeGist Feb 2016 #37

How do we cure the greedy? Throd Feb 2016 #38

It is an addiction. The one with the greatest toll on society. Half-Century Man Feb 2016 #39