Forum Post: It's not just greed; It's the system
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 3, 2011, 12:18 a.m. EST by abmebratu
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from Washington, DC
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If greed was the problem it would have been easier to fix. However our problem is not just greed, instead the problem is the system that foments greed, encourages, and rewards it. So I really don't get the people who say stop the greed. That's not our problem. Our problem is a system that rewards and encourages it to go unchecked....Greed is like all other negative human behaviors. It can be properly mitigated. But if you create an economic system where greed is rewarded then of course you will have the greediest and most corrupt of people running our world. This is what we are seeing these days.
I don't understand why protesting for free money is not greedy, but earning it is.
Haha I like it
Nobody is protesting to get free money......Protests are against criminal money.
The only problem is the system. Greed is a human state which will exist no matter what system is in place. Greed also corrupts direct democracy. I think the system we have is pretty good, it just needs to fine tuning. It doesn't need to be replaced by someone new and untested.