Comments on: Steyn Rip Roars It Up On McCain http://enableate.com/steve/2008/993 make it happen Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:21:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Mitch http://enableate.com/steve/2008/993#comment-13139 Mitch Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:34:34 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2008/993#comment-13139 Darwin, not quite, I would define 'greed' as the the desire to amass power (usually in the form of money), regardless of the consequences to others. Greedy people live in a zero-sum world and will attempt to take what others have, frequently bending and breaking the rules to do so. Zero-sum, in most instances is a fallacy, and the ambitious don't necessarily behave as if its true. So their behavior is tempered by the desire to go back to the well and get people to voluntarily part with their money again. Besides, I'm primarily objecting to the practice of scoring cheap political points off an already untrusted minority, by demonizing and scapegoating them. Darwin, not quite, I would define ‘greed’ as the the desire to amass power (usually in the form of money), regardless of the consequences to others. Greedy people live in a zero-sum world and will attempt to take what others have, frequently bending and breaking the rules to do so.

Zero-sum, in most instances is a fallacy, and the ambitious don’t necessarily behave as if its true. So their behavior is tempered by the desire to go back to the well and get people to voluntarily part with their money again.

Besides, I’m primarily objecting to the practice of scoring cheap political points off an already untrusted minority, by demonizing and scapegoating them.

]]> By: darwin http://enableate.com/steve/2008/993#comment-13137 darwin Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:15:14 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2008/993#comment-13137 Would you not call 'the ambition to make as much money as possible' as 'greed'? It sounds like the definition to me. Would you not call ‘the ambition to make as much money as possible’ as ‘greed’? It sounds like the definition to me.

]]> By: Mitch http://enableate.com/steve/2008/993#comment-13135 Mitch Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:42:48 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2008/993#comment-13135 I think confusion of "greed" and "ambition" is pretty endemic among the comfortable and the envious. Or in other words, the U.S. electorate. I think confusion of “greed” and “ambition” is pretty endemic among the comfortable and the envious. Or in other words, the U.S. electorate.

]]> By: darwin http://enableate.com/steve/2008/993#comment-13131 darwin Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:05:07 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2008/993#comment-13131 More to the point, greed tends to make people do things that the government DOES need to intervene in, such as commit fraud (such as the bankers in the blog post you pointed to yesterday). More to the point, greed tends to make people do things that the government DOES need to intervene in, such as commit fraud (such as the bankers in the blog post you pointed to yesterday).

]]> By: Michael http://enableate.com/steve/2008/993#comment-13128 Michael Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:53:36 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2008/993#comment-13128 The state needs to step in when greed comes above ethics, which hurts the public trust, and reduces people's willingness to invest. I believe this is the thinking behind the SEC. However, McCain's simplistic (or non-existent) knowledge of economics does not bode well for his leadership potential in defining the difference between unethical greed and just good business. The state needs to step in when greed comes above ethics, which hurts the public trust, and reduces people’s willingness to invest. I believe this is the thinking behind the SEC. However, McCain’s simplistic (or non-existent) knowledge of economics does not bode well for his leadership potential in defining the difference between unethical greed and just good business.

]]> By: Jamie http://enableate.com/steve/2008/993#comment-13127 Jamie Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:12:08 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2008/993#comment-13127 Ladies and Gentelmen, your GOP candidate, John McCain!!!! Whoo Hoo!!! You know it's bad when even Rush can't throw his fat butt in the ring to express how much he loves a fellow republican. What happened to all of your boys steve? Thompson, Rudy, etc..... Ladies and Gentelmen, your GOP candidate, John McCain!!!! Whoo Hoo!!!

You know it’s bad when even Rush can’t throw his fat butt in the ring to express how much he loves a fellow republican.

What happened to all of your boys steve? Thompson, Rudy, etc…..

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