4 ms·
And let's say what it is: greed.
by fezfight 4y ago
And let's say what it is: greed.
- skippyboxedhero 4y agoGreed existed before 1975. Are you saying Americans aren't greedy? And that is why they are so rich? To be more specific: Lebanon was a country that had avoided the stuff going on elsewhere in the Middle East. The PLO gets involved, and the country implodes.
- fezfight 4y agoYes, the cause of all human on human suffering since the dawn of time is greed. Its almost a tautology so maybe it didn't need to be said. For the record, I'm a Canadian who went to school with countless Lebanese people in Ottawa. I'm a big fan!
- Georgelemental 4y ago> Yes, the cause of all human on human suffering since the dawn of time is greed Nah, greed is distant #2. #1 is idiocy
- mistermann 4y ago#0 is consciousness, the current nature of.
- rayiner 4y ago
- whodidntante 4y agoWell, I guess those Christian and Persian refugees missed out on all the great things that happened that the majority of the population wanted to have happen. I am sure they are wishing they could have been there for those changes.
- DiggyJohnson 4y agoThat’s not at all related to the point that you’re responding to, from my perspective.
- fezfight 4y agoI also know quite a few Persians in Canada that I'm also quite a big fan of! Yay, Canada.
- tptacek 4y agoWhen someone tells you they're a fan of a culture because of the immigrants and expats they've met from that culture, it's not OK to explain to them why they're wrong by implying that the rest of the culture is unlike them. This is really epsilon from trolling.
- fezfight 4y agoCheers!
- DiggyJohnson 4y agoGreed cannot account for all of it. Ignorance, for example, comes to mind instantly.
- whatshisface 4y agoGoing with what they're saying, ignorance wouldn't be fostered and exploited if it wasn't for greed.
- DubiousPusher 4y agoWell and unscrupulous foreign actors exacerbating a situation for their own ends.
- DiggyJohnson 4y agoWell I would call that greed. I do think a short list of factors is possible, and greed often preys on ignorance.
- fezfight 4y agoIgnorance of what though? How airfoils work? Or how to speak french? Ignorance of how acting on your urge to be greedy results in suffering? Sure. But I think the greed is still the thing causing the bad here.
- roenxi 4y ago1) The cause of all human suffering is desire. The Buddhists have been pointing that out for millennia. 2) Greed is pretty much constant, people have been extremely greedy forever. The cause is the thing that changed to allow that greed to be channelled negatively. We've figured out how to channel greed for positive ends - in the process called a 'modern economy'. Greed is just a fuel, the issue is whether it is burning in an engine or burning uncontrolled.
- fezfight 4y agoBut uh, wouldn't it be greed that makes us desire things? Not to question your religion or anything, but just curious. Cheers.
- roenxi 4y agoIt is getting into the weeds of philosophy, but they are separate concepts. Entities can be greedy without desire (eg, corporations are extremely greedy, but have no desire) and vice versa (eg, imagine an extreme desire for fresh air - it is hard to call that greed). But to say greed causes suffering is untrue. The thing to underline in the last 200-300 years is that humans harnessed greed to deliver great results - the successive Asian economic miricles of the last century are not being caused by charity and goodwill! And the techniques that they are using were forged in some of the crucibles of most concentrated greed in human history. And while there was suffering, this was also where progress, peace and comfort came from. The greed isn't the problem here, it is part of the solution. It just needs to be separated out from the other things going on and properly focused.