Please try to be charitable, not adversarial, toward the counterparties in a discussion on HN. I will try to do the same. I was characterizing what the parent

Please try to be charitable, not adversarial, toward the counterparties in a discussion on HN. I will try to do the same. I was characterizing what the parent appeared to be saying, so that I could discuss it (that greed is a part of human nature). I was not justifying greed. I rent an apartment and I don't own a car.