> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 11:06:17PM -0000, xorc...@sigaint.org wrote: >> Greed is a fundamental problem of Capitalism. It is also a fundamental >> problem of Socialism. The Soviet chiefs in the Politburo weren't >> standing >> in the bread lines with everyone else. > > On the other hand, greed is the primary driver which led us humans where > we are today. Without it, we'd surely still be hunter-gatherer's living > every day on the edge of extinction. > > So, fighting greed might not work.
I'm not sure I agree with that assessment, but even if you could convince me, it's also then brought us full-circle: nukes. So we haven't really gained much, by that measure. And yet, you're also talking to a guy that enjoys jumping out of airplanes, and I can tell you that the edge of extinction is a rather lovely 45 seconds.