Greed is a mental illness.

[Lowaicue]

Because the premise is entirely stupid.

Not entirely. Greed is both good and bad. It motivates people to do more with their time, to accumulate more for their families and immediate society. However and this is one BIG however. Greed as part of the make up of a sociopath is most definitely negative. Of all the mental illnesses the sociopath is possibly the most dangerous. The sociopath has no natural feelings for his fellow man, is often charming and utterly convincing and can, quite honestly, see nothing wrong with casting his fellow man into oblivion.
I used this analogy not long ago. The sociopath, having killed a man, might justify his actions by saying the man deserved to die because he did not have a gun.
That logic is definitely a sign of mental illness as is. I took his money because he did not need it. I took those things because he wasnt using them.
He first convinces himself and then he convinces others. And we all know one. Think about it.

[Rune]

Because the premise is entirely stupid.

You may be a sociopath, based on this response.

[midcan5]

One would need to define 'greed,' as it means different things to different people.

[Rune]

One would need to define 'greed,' as it means different things to different people.

That's what the detractors seem unable to grasp.

[USFREEDOM911]

Not entirely. Greed is both good and bad. It motivates people to do more with their time, to accumulate more for their families and immediate society. However and this is one BIG however. Greed as part of the make up of a sociopath is most definitely negative. Of all the mental illnesses the sociopath is possibly the most dangerous. The sociopath has no natural feelings for his fellow man, is often charming and utterly convincing and can, quite honestly, see nothing wrong with casting his fellow man into oblivion.
I used this analogy not long ago. The sociopath, having killed a man, might justify his actions by saying the man deserved to die because he did not have a gun.
That logic is definitely a sign of mental illness as is. I took his money because he did not need it. I took those things because he wasnt using them.
He first convinces himself and then he convinces others. And we all know one. Think about it.

You just described Apple.
"I took his money because he did not need it. I took those things because he wasnt using them.
He first convinces himself and then he convinces others."

[Rune]

You just described Apple.
"I took his money because he did not need it. I took those things because he wasnt using them.
He first convinces himself and then he convinces others."

Hard to believe as this may seem, I expected more from you.

[Chapel The Evergreen]

You may be a sociopath, based on this response.

Or I, and the rest of the human race, am BIOLOGICALLY HARDWIRED to want MORE. It's an evolutionary measure. Ergo, the premise of the OP is fundamentally and fatally flawed.

[USFREEDOM911]

Hard to believe as this may seem, I expected more from you.

How LIberal of you.
Can't refute; so you reject.

[Don Quixote]

Greed is a mental illness.

normally i would agree, but i think it is more about survival of the fittest

however, it is considered by christian religions as one of the seven deadly sins

i have mixed feelings about this one

[Lowaicue]

Or I, and the rest of the human race, am BIOLOGICALLY HARDWIRED to want MORE. It's an evolutionary measure. Ergo, the premise of the OP is fundamentally and fatally flawed.

Of course we are all hard wired to want more, but some of us are also hard wired with a sense of fairness and humanity. Some of us might stop on our journey to millionairedom to count the cost of our actions on others.
The sociopath does not stop, for in his world there are no others.

[Damocles]

normally i would agree, but i think it is more about survival of the fittest

however, it is considered by christian religions as one of the seven deadly sins

i have mixed feelings about this one

The list included Φιλαργυρία (philargyria) which is avarice, which is different than the more simplified translation you read today.

Avarice is an "insatiable greed", it isn't greed that is deadly, it is a greed that is endless.

[USFREEDOM911]

Of course we are all hard wired to want more, but some of us are also hard wired with a sense of fairness and humanity. Some of us might stop on our journey to millionairedom to count the cost of our actions on others.
The sociopath does not stop, for in his world there are no others.

And some lock themselves behind gatted communities, so the unwashed and unwanted masses don't befoul the pool.

[Don Quixote]

The list included Φιλαργυρία (philargyria) which is avarice, which is different than the more simplified translation you read today.

Avarice is an "insatiable greed", it isn't greed that is deadly, it is a greed that is endless.

hence the story of king midas

[Rune]

How LIberal of you.
Can't refute; so you reject.

No, I thought you might put some thought into the topic rather than just slam an easy target.
Refuting is easy. Apple is hardly representative of the insatiable greed I am refering to.

[Rune]

Or I, and the rest of the human race, am BIOLOGICALLY HARDWIRED to want MORE. It's an evolutionary measure. Ergo, the premise of the OP is fundamentally and fatally flawed.

We are also hardwired to copulate with nubile females but most us use restraint (or restraints if you are into that kind of thing).
Like so many things it is a matter of degree.