I’m trying my best not to embrace hate of the other, as I know it leads down a dark road, however, I do believe that we should rally against ‘greed’ as a concept; we should rally against the undermining of everyone for the temporary benefit of a few. It is those that contribute to our future that should be rewarded and admired.
My point about what are you willing to do refers as much to the ends as the means, but you provide a perfectly rational (in the short term) response within a money driven culture. What I’m getting at is, that short term mind set that we have to overcome. An investor wanting increasing returns is a seemingly benign desire for them to have, but you can’t keep getting more from an increasingly small pool without it running out, which is detrimental to everyone, including the investor, but in a long term sense.
If money is not the only means of power, it becomes less important, it becomes secondary and the desire for more money becomes secondary, and we come one step closer to a better world. It’s a big step, and a significant hurdle, but it may be one of the few ways we can keep our civilization alive.
